What is litigation funding?
Litigation funding is an arrangement between a specialist funding company and a client (typically the plaintiff, or the plaintiff’s law firm, in the litigation), whereby the funder will agree to finance some or all of the client’s legal fees and/or expenses in exchange for a share of the ‘case proceeds’ (usually the recovered damages, or in the case of law firm funding, the recovered contingency or success fee).
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How does litigation finance work?
Litigation funders view legal claims as financial assets, in which they may invest in exchange for a return based upon the success of the funded litigation or arbitration. Litigation finance providers are able to offer a wide variety of financing options for parties seeking off-balance sheet solutions.
At its most straightforward, the third-party funder will finance the legal fees and expenses involved in pursuing the claim on a non-recourse basis, in exchange for what is essentially an equity interest in the claim. If the case is successful, the litigation finance provider recovers its capital invested plus a success fee. If the case is unsuccessful, the funder loses its investment, receives no success fee and has no recourse against the funded party.
