Services
Our services range from bespoke matters to complex transactions and projects, across multiple jurisdictions
Partnering with internal and external advisors, we provide expert perspectives, strategic advice, risk management and transaction management support, on various aspects of Legal Finance including, in particular, commercial case analysis of the merits of claims, transaction structuring, and portfolio management and risk analysis.
We specialise in helping clients achieve their goals in respect of developing and executing optimal legal finance solutions that are attractive business and investment opportunities.
Global client base
Our expertise is tailormade for:
- Individual claimants
- Corporate claimants
- Law firms
- Insolvency practitioners
- Defendants:
- All seeking to raise capital and/or manage litigation risk.
- Investors seeking to invest in the litigation finance market
- Litigation finance funds seeking:
- to invest;
- to raise capital;
- to manage capital expenditure; and
- to manage portfolio risk and reward.
Case and Portfolio Analysis
Expertise and support on:
- The robustness of legal and expert opinions on the merits of cases.
- The identification of the key legal issues, risk factors and commercial considerations most likely to determine the outcome.
- Case development and strategy.
- Is the legal budget estimate reasonable.
- Is the opinion on expected damages reasonable.
- Time duration to trial.
- Factual witnesses and evidentiary support.
- Selection of lead counsel and experts.
- Evaluation of defendant and legal representatives.
- Likelihood of settlement.
- Enforcement issues.
- Submission and presentation of cases for funding approval.
Transaction Structuring
Expertise and support on:
- Capital Advisory:
- Primary
- Secondary
- How best to structure the deal:
- Direct investment in litigation
- Co-investment and participation in investment with a funder
- Funding of law firms or claims handlers
- Investment in a litigation fund or managed account
- Monetisation of legal assets
- Syndication management
- Cross-collaterisation
- Finding the right strategy
- Finding the most efficient jurisdiction from a regulatory and tax perspective
- Engagement of the right blend of advisors (legal, regulatory, tax and financial)
- Efficient and cost-effective management of external advisors
- Negotiation of the key financial and commercial aspects
- Key opinions and reliances to be obtained
- Management of documentation and risk
- Timing constraints
- Closing process
- Control and risk management of internal and external communications
Portfolio Management
Expertise and support on:
- Management of risk and reward
- Investment in the right cases
- The right mix of cases
- The right investment structures
- Geographic diversification
- Investment in the right funds
- Identification of best-in-class funders
- Re-modelling and de-risking portfolios
- Effective investment monitorship of ongoing cases and exit strategies
Navigating the Legal Finance Market
Successfully navigating the complexities and idiosyncratic characteristics of the global Legal Finance market requires the trust and confidence of specialist Legal Finance expertise dedicated to meeting clients’ specific requirements which are unique. To discover how we can help you achieve your goals, please get in touch with us.