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The Favorable View: 8 Years, $900M Claimed, Total Loss

LexShares Case #357: The Favorable View A small pharmaceutical company spent eleven years suing a Fortune 50 drugmaker over a broken license agreement. Every fact I checked before investing turned out to be true. Three arbitrators rejected the claim anyway, and there is nobody to appeal to. The Numbers Invested $75,000 Returned $0 Net Loss […]

The Sovereign Mirage: 9 Years, Two Arbitrations, Total Loss

LexShares Case #254: The Sovereign Mirage A Turkish contractor built $1.5 billion in infrastructure for a Central Asian state. Then the government stopped paying. Two international arbitrations and nine years later — nothing. The Numbers Invested $50,000 Returned $0 Net Loss ($50,000) MOIC 0.00x IRR -100% Holding Period 3,270 days The Case A Turkish construction […]