We’ll help you pursue or defend a claim, whether that’s through arranging the funding, fighting your corner on the dispute itself or both. In many cases we’ll take on a share of the risk, so we've invested in your cause.

We’ll provide clear advice on your options, review funding arrangements being put to you, or simply offer guidance around where to start and the pitfalls to avoid.

We can advise you on the claim you may be seeking to fund, your template agreements, or help develop the best way to structure a bespoke funding arrangement.

We’ll help you navigate the many different financing arrangements available, and can help you to develop the right options to benefit your business and your clients.

We help all parties – companies, funders and law firms – to identify and implement the right financing solutions for them. This includes advising on single-case, portfolio and bespoke financing options, funding agreements and contingency fee arrangements. 

We advise companies and funders on which disputes to fight from a commercial and legal perspective. Put simply, we help them back the winners.

Fight or settle? Act or wait? When it comes to litigation, we help clients to execute the best course of action so they can protect their interests and achieve the best possible outcome.

As one of the pioneers in litigation finance, we're often the first port of call for companies, funders and law firms who want to understand the marketplace. We bring clarity to the complexity – drawing together knowledge of litigation, finance and funding markets, commercial terms, professional practices and regulatory requirements. 

A DBA is an agreement under which we make no charge for our services during a case. Instead, if the claim succeeds we are paid an agreed percentage of the damages recovered by you.

• Who is responsible for other costs and disbursements? We are responsible for the fees of any barristers that are instructed. You may have to pay other expenses, such as court fees and expert witnesses, but options exist to mitigate or otherwise fund those costs.
• How are we able to offer this at no cost to you? Having entered into a DBA with you, we set-off some of our risk using funding or insurance at our own expense.

Under our 'no win, low fee' model, we offer a discounted rate during the life of the dispute. If ‘success’ (as defined and agreed at the outset) is not achieved, that is all you would pay. If success is achieved, at the end of the case you would pay the difference between the full rate and the discounted rate (the 'deferred fees') and a success fee. The deferred fees form part of the 'base costs' (i.e. costs at our full rate) and are therefore recoverable from a losing opponent in the ordinary way. The success fee, which is not recoverable from a losing opponent (subject to limited exceptions), will not be more than the deferred fees, and will often be less.

A commercial provider would pay your legal fees and costs of the litigation or arbitration, as a claimant, in return for a share of the damages in the event of success. TPF provides an option for effectively removing litigation costs from your balance sheet, as well as sharing risk with a third party who has independently assessed your claim.

ATE insurance is frequently used together with other financing options.  Traditional ATE insurance provides cover against adverse costs orders, (i.e. a party’s liability to pay the other side’s legal costs in the event of losing an application or a claim as a whole). The ATE insurance market has matured and diversified and coverage for disbursements, such as experts’ fees and barrister's fees, or for a proportion of your own solicitors’ fees is now widely available. 

Premiums can often be contingent on success and deferred until the end of the case, meaning you will not have to pay in the event you lose and have to make a claim under the policy. You will have to pay the premium only if you win, but in those circumstances you should be in receipt of damages. 

ATE insurance provides certainty as to potential exposure by crystallising the amount of the contingency and effectively taking it off the balance sheet. 

The Litigation Finance Perspectives Series covers a wide spectrum of market themes and predictions.

In this series, some of the leading stakeholders within the litigation finance market share their thoughts on how the market is changing and responding to business needs. Explore how litigation finance can be used by businesses in today's market and get a first-hand insight how the market is likely to evolve.

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