Polly Bahl joins Augusta as Chief Operating Officer

30th July 2019

Polly joins from US law firm Proskauer Rose where, as London Director of Professional and Administrative Resources, she coordinated a range of operational functions. A solicitor by training, Polly qualified with SJ Berwin (now King & Wood Mallesons) where she became a partner specialising in private investment funds, a role which latterly incorporated various operational responsibilities.

Louis Young, Managing Director at Augusta, says: “We’re delighted to welcome Polly to Augusta. We’ve been looking to fill this role for some time, and with her wide experience of corporate functions including Risk, IT, HR and Finance and her legal background, Polly will play a key role in this important phase of our growth”.

Polly Bahl says: “I’m really pleased to be part of the continued expansion of Augusta’s operations given the exciting opportunities for further development in the UK and internationally. I’m very much looking forward to working with Augusta’s capable team and to help further develop a leading player in litigation and dispute funding”.

About Augusta Ventures

• Established in 2013, Augusta is the largest litigation and dispute funding institution in the UK by number of cases – with £150m of capital and a team of 70 in London and 90 worldwide. Augusta’s scale enables us to make decisions in market-leading timeframes and fund cases of any size.
• Augusta is organised into a series of specialist practice groups: Arbitration, Class Action, Competition, Consumer, Intellectual Property and Litigation, and sectors including Financial Services and Construction & Energy.
• Augusta has funded more than 214 individual claims with a market leading win ratio of 83%.

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