Litigation and Legal Assets Funding

Our litigation funding and legal assets finance practice is a leader in its field, and has a reputation for advising on complex transactions across a sector which is now fundamental to dispute resolution and the legal market more broadly.

The rapid evolution of recent years shows no sign of slowing, and we work with clients at the cutting edge of a fast growing and sophisticated sector. We believe our experience to be unrivalled, and our expertise includes advising on the financing of:

single case litigation;
case portfolios;
class actions;
consumer claim warehousing;
claims aggregators;
asset tracing and enforcement;
insolvencies;
assignments of judgments or awards;
defence funding;
law firm start-ups;
law firm liquidity requirements; and
bespoke secured funding packages.

Our clients are specialists in the field, and we have a deep understanding of their aims and requirements and are able to use our intimate knowledge of the legal sector to structure transactions to fit almost any circumstance.

We seek to partner with our clients on a holistic basis, assisting them to raise funds, structure their business models and deploy capital in the most efficient ways. Our leading disputes and litigation teams - which have significant experience of obtaining and negotiating funding for claimants and representing defendants against funded claimants, meaning that our experience covers all possible angles - are on hand to advise throughout where necessary, and our finance experts are able to bring sophisticated funding techniques to one of the fastest growing sectors of the finance markets.

Recent work

- A leading litigation funder in relation to financing a portfolio of international litigation and the monetisation of EU judgments;

- A leading litigation funder in relation to the financing of a multi-jurisdictional enforcement and assignment;

- A leading litigation funder in relation to the financing of several law firm start-ups;

- A specialist funder in relation to the warehouse financing of a consumer claim business;

- A leading litigation funder in relation to the liquidity financing of a global enforcement and asset tracing business;

- A specialist funder in relation to the financing of a claims aggregation business;

- A specialist funder in relation to the financing of various class actions; and

- A specialist funder in relation to the financing of certain debt claims.

Joint Liquidators of an English company in relation to the funding of fraud claims;
SPVs in pursuit of significant outstanding debts; and
A group of foreign individuals in relation to claims in English commercial court proceedings against foreign defendants.

Key contacts

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Malcolm Hitching

Partner

+44 (0)20 7849 2467 Email Malcolm

James Popperwell

Partner

+44 (0)20 7849 2693 Email James

In depth

Why investors are fancying a bet on litigation

James Popperwell, Malcolm Hitching, Nikolas Ireland 08 Jul 2022

A media roundtable staged in the London office of law firm Macfarlanes this week drew attention to both the opportunities and challenges associated with litigation finance, a...

The evolution of the UK litigation funding market – future trends?

Malcolm Hitching, James Popperwell, Nikolas Ireland 30 Jun 2022

A recent survey among London litigation funders conducted by Macfarlanes has provided some important insights into the likely evolution of the UK litigation funding and legal...

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