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Nilufar Hossain is an Investment Manager and Legal Counsel at Omni Bridgeway responsible for leading the company’s international arbitration initiatives in the United States. Nilufar joined Omni Bridgeway’s New York office in 2019, bringing over a decade of private practice and in-house experience to our in-house legal team. Now based in the company’s San Francisco office, she helps law firms, commercial litigants, and claimants obtain non-recourse funding for disputes arising under US or international law. Nilufar is responsible for sourcing and structuring investments, conducting due diligence, and managing funded claims through to resolution, with a focus on international arbitration and cross-border litigation and judgment enforcement matters. She is also a member of Omni Bridgeway’s Latin America Group. Nilufar provides legal analysis and strategic advice on funding based on nearly 15 years of combined experience as a funder, in-house counsel, and a practicing attorney with top global law firms. Earlier in her career, Nilufar represented US and foreign clients in cross-border disputes and complex commercial litigation matters with the New York offices of King & Spalding LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. Nilufar has extensive experience with international commercial and treaty arbitrations and has appeared as counsel before many major arbitral institutions. She has also represented clients in complex commercial litigation matters before state and federal courts. Her experience includes M&A and joint venture disputes, securities litigation, environmental tort, and international enforcement of arbitral awards. She has particular expertise with the energy and natural resources, technology, finance, and pharmaceuticals sectors. Immediately prior to joining Omni Bridgeway, Nilufar was Acting General Counsel for Prakti, an engineering startup. Nilufar serves as the Secretary to the US Sub-Committee for Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge. She also sits on the Advisory Council of the New York International Arbitration Center and is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Law and Practice Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Nilufar received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, her M.A. from Middlebury College, and her B.A. from Harvard College, where she graduated magna cum laude. Nilufar is admitted to practice law in California, New York, and New Jersey. She is fluent in English and French and proficient in Spanish.