Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niall Watson-Dunne is an Senior Investment Manager, based in Omni Bridgeway’s Sydney office, and is responsible for sourcing and assessing prospective funding opportunities, structuring bespoke litigation finance arrangements, and managing funded class actions and single party claims in Australia and New Zealand to successful outcomes. Niall is a strong advocate for access to justice and has underwritten some of Australia’s largest class actions that seek to hold corporations to account, pursuing redress on behalf of millions of consumers. Niall’s portfolio of cases include: 1. sex discrimination class actions against BHP, Rio Tinto and the ADF; 2. consumer law class actions against Qantas and Scenic Tours; 3. a data breach class action against Medibank; 4. defective consumer goods class actions against Johnson & Johnson in Australia and New Zealand; 5. a financial product class action against IG Markets; 6. mass tort class actions against the Commonwealth of Australia, Camden Council, and Transpower and Omexom; and 7. a shareholder class action against Mesoblast. Prior to joining Omni Bridgeway in 2020, Niall was a litigation specialist at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, where he practiced in large-scale, complex commercial disputes and class action proceedings. Prior to this, Niall was an Associate in the commercial dispute resolution team at global law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright. Niall has extensive experience in managing fast moving, complex and document-heavy litigation, and has acted in commercial disputes in the Supreme Court, Federal Court and High Court of Australia. Niall holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney. He is recognised in Lexology Thought Leaders - Third Party Funding (2025) and Chambers and Partners Litigation Support Guide (2024-2025) where clients have stated: "Niall is a very experienced practitioner in the class action space who brings useful knowledge and guidance to the table, not just funding." "Niall is someone who really wants to work with the legal team to get the case funded. He is incredibly effective as an investment manager." "Niall has such an eye for detail and he understands legal principles. He is a real asset to the team." Posts reflect Niall's personal views only unless expressly stated otherwise.
Omni Bridgeway is a global leader in dispute resolution finance, with expertise in civil and common law legal and recovery systems, and operations spanning Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, the UK and the US. Omni Bridgeway offers dispute finance from case inception through to post-judgment enforcement and recovery. Since 1986 it has established a proud record of funding disputes and enforcement proceedings around the world. Omni Bridgeway is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:OBL) and includes the leading dispute funders formerly known as IMF Bentham Limited, Bentham IMF and ROLAND ProzessFinanz
Commercial litigation and dispute resolution