Three prominent lawyers and a hedge-fund manager have launched a Chicago-based litigation financing company with $100 million in capital.
Forming Gerchen Keller Capital LLC, an investment firm focused on large-scale commercial litigation, are Adam Gerchen, Ashley Keller, Travis Lenkner and Terry Carlson.
Gerchen, the company’s chief executive officer, was portfolio manager at hedge fund Alyeska Investment Group L.P. and an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He earned his law degree at Harvard Law School.
Keller is chief investment officer who was an analyst at Alyeska and a partner at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott. He clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Anthony Kennedy and graduated from University of Chicago Law School.
Serving as chief underwriting officer is Lenkner, former senior counsel at The Boeing Co. and former attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Lenkner, who graduated from University of Kansas School of Law, also clerked for Kennedy.
