About Us

Kevin has been sourcing funding for regulated Law Firms since 2019 and has over 30 years’ experience in investment structuring, principally in the Real Estate development sector. He was responsible for securing the finance line for a high-profile UK GLO project, as well as assisting law firms in representing individual claimants in over 15,000 settled cases.

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Before moving into the litigation funding sector, Kevin created and piloted a regulated crowdfunding firm and a specialist distressed property fund. He has a background in economics, which coupled with his vast commercial experience allows him to make clear assessments of prospective borrowing law firms from the outset of Seven Stars’ due diligence processes.

Louis Doyle KC is a commercial silk. He was admitted a solicitor in England & Wales in 1994 before being called to the Bar in 1996, where he now practises from Kings Chambers, Manchester and 9, Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn.

Louis has very wide experience of commercial litigation, especially that with an insolvency or company law angle – he is the co-author of Doyle, Keay and Curl: Annotated Insolvency Legislation (LexisNexis), now in its 11th edition – as well as all manner of financial disputes.

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His practice also extends to advisory work and assisting, alone or as part of a team, in the drafting of bespoke commercial documents.

He has appeared in about forty reported cases in his field and is also a contributing editor to the leading looseleaf, Gore-Browne on Companies.

He is admitted also to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands Circuit.

Andrew spent 15 years working in finance roles for Unilever, before becoming CFO and COO for Lancaster University, where he oversaw one of the biggest investment programs in the Higher Education sector, redefining the Lancaster University Financial Strategy.

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As part of a small senior group, Andrew led strategy development for the University, helping to establish Lancaster in the top 10 Universities in the UK. Andrew has a deep working knowledge of complex organisations in both the private and not-for-profit sectors.

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He has been involved in the legal sector and legal funding since 2012 and has been a Director of Lawthority Ltd since 2015.

Duncan has worked in tax structuring, fundraising, and finance related activities since 2001, and has varied commercial interests in businesses he has invested in from media to medical research.

Aside from experiences gained from investing himself, he has gained experience from assisting clients structure their investments across a range of asset classes and has developed activities.

Over the past five years, Duncan has arranged or made investments in the Central European region, including in industrials, renewable power and financial services.

Across his career, he has fundraised over $100m for medical research and $100m for media investments.

He has also worked as a risk management analyst in Eastern Power & Energy Trading (TXU Europe). He holds an Economics degree from University College London and has Directorships and former Directorships in various other companies, generally as a professional Director to assist with corporate governance, restructuring or capital raising.

Leon has a wealth of experience in litigation finance, private debt lending and he has also worked extensively with law firms and institutional investors in an advisory role consulting on their investment strategies accessing litigation funding.

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Leon has been responsible for funding litigation claims on behalf of over a million private individual claimants with claim values in excess of £1bn in a career spanning just five years.

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Initially supporting book builders in creating class action claimant groups against high street banks, Leon then progressed to working on small value high volume claim funding, where he applied his extensive experience working with private debt funds to litigation funding.

Bernie is an accomplished executive leader with over 30 years of sales and operational experience within retail and institutional Investment Management, Business Development, Project Management and Client Relationship Management.

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He has proven ability in developing leading and motivating sales and project teams to focus on client needs and high-quality service delivery with measurable benefits.

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Bernie has a track record of successful fund raising across a range of sectors including ESG, Clean Energy, Resources, Real Estate and Media and through a variety of instruments and structures from fixed income, high yield bonds to private equity and funds.

With over 30 years’ experience in financial services as an Independent Financial Advisor and Managing Director of the company, John has raised millions of pounds in Enterprise Investment Scheme and Litigation Funding as well as advising and arranging investments.

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John sits on several boards in an advisory capacity using his qualifications, knowledge, and experience in a personal capacity as an investor but also for the benefit of his clients, assisting the board in exploring marketing, product design, and investment opportunities.

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John appears on the FCA register with the reference JAW00028 and has held the functions of SMF3, SMF16 and SMF17 during his career, although is now retired as an IFA.

Stephen is a qualified Solicitor Advocate and routinely acts as both litigator and advocate in County Court, High Court, and Tribunal disputes.

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He has 20 years’ experience of dealing with complex commercial cases. Stephen deals with all aspects of contentious, insolvency including claims made against directors, bankruptcy issues, and directors’ disqualification.

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Stephen also specialises in Tax Disputes: he routinely pursues appeals in the Tax Tribunals and Judicial Review against HMRC in the High Court.

Stephen appears on the SRA Register with number 293538 and is a member of the UK Law Society.

Steve worked for 14 years in large UK financial and insurance institutions, including Halifax Building Society, Legal and General, and Standard Life.

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Following this, Steve worked as an IFA for six years, with FPC 1, 2 and 3 qualifications. At that time, the regulatory body was FIMBRA, then controlled by the Securities and Investment Board (SIB).

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He specifically worked providing regulated advice to Solicitor’s and Accountants’ clients.