Presenters

Angela Pearsall, Partner, Ashurst Australia
Angela specialises in large-scale commercial litigation and class actions, as well as contentious regulatory litigation and investigations. Angela regularly handles complex financial reporting litigation, having acted for global accounting and auditing firms for more than a decade. She has led litigation including class actions arising out of major corporate collapses, IPOs, capital raisings, complex financial instruments and regulatory obligations. She regularly represents banks, large corporates, preeminent global accounting and auditing firms and directors.


Philip Lomax, Managing Director, Litica (Asia Pacific)
Philip Lomax is the Managing Director of Litica Australia Pty Ltd in the Asia Pacific region. He is a qualified lawyer (England and Wales) and has over a decade’s experience in litigation and arbitration, third-party funding and litigation insurance. He was an Investment Manager at two of the world’s leading litigation funders, one of which is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). He is one of few people to have worked in both the UK and Australian litigation funding and insurance markets. Philip has extensive underwriting experience, spanning a breadth of commercial litigation and arbitration risks across these, and other, jurisdictions. Prior to his time in litigation funding and insurance, Philip worked at a specialist litigation and arbitration firm in London. He holds a First Class Honours law degree from the University of Sussex and graduated with distinction from law school. Philip has authored numerous published articles on third party funding and ATE insurance. Awards: Chambers and Partners top ranked Australia as a “Litigation Insurance Underwriter 2024 (Band 1 - UK)".

Presenters

Angela Pearsall, Partner, Ashurst Australia
Angela specialises in large-scale commercial litigation and class actions, as well as contentious regulatory litigation and investigations. Angela regularly handles complex financial reporting litigation, having acted for global accounting and auditing firms for more than a decade. She has led litigation including class actions arising out of major corporate collapses, IPOs, capital raisings, complex financial instruments and regulatory obligations. She regularly represents banks, large corporates, preeminent global accounting and auditing firms and directors.


Philip Lomax, Managing Director, Litica (Asia Pacific)
Philip Lomax is the Managing Director of Litica Australia Pty Ltd in the Asia Pacific region. He is a qualified lawyer (England and Wales) and has over a decade’s experience in litigation and arbitration, third-party funding and litigation insurance. He was an Investment Manager at two of the world’s leading litigation funders, one of which is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). He is one of few people to have worked in both the UK and Australian litigation funding and insurance markets. Philip has extensive underwriting experience, spanning a breadth of commercial litigation and arbitration risks across these, and other, jurisdictions. Prior to his time in litigation funding and insurance, Philip worked at a specialist litigation and arbitration firm in London. He holds a First Class Honours law degree from the University of Sussex and graduated with distinction from law school. Philip has authored numerous published articles on third party funding and ATE insurance. Awards: Chambers and Partners top ranked Australia as a “Litigation Insurance Underwriter 2024 (Band 1 - UK)".