As a law firm, funding decisions for your clients’ legal disputes must be made on the basis that their interests come first.
Find out how can we help you to help your client at the same time that your risks are covered
LEGISFUND provides law firms with help and guidance around third-party funding options and legal expenses/after the event insurance, to help lawyers generate new business by actively promoting risk management tools to clients.
Monetization of claims
Monetization is the conversion of a portion of a pending claim into cash, with a finance provider essentially advancing capital that would otherwise be captive until the resolution and payment of the claim. Monetization accelerates an organization’s access to capital. Capital is provided upfront, without the company needing to wait for outstanding claims to resolve—offering immediate liquidity that may be used for virtually any business purpose.
With the help of Third-party funding litigation, you can avoid taking any financial risks at all: the funder pays for everything in return for a share of the damages. If the case fails, the funder bears all the costs – you pay nothing. They take on the risk of your litigation finance, freeing up your cash flow and shifting all the risk off your balance sheet.
After the event insurance (ATE Insurance)
For either no upfront fee or a small upfront fee, the insurer takes on all of the risk of the potential adverse cost award. The client has therefore, swapped their obligation to pay the defendants in the event of a loss with the obligation to pay the insurer in the event of a win.
This is generally an attractive swap as the client is likely to be in a better financial position following a win than following a loss. Also, the payment to the insurer will only be a percentage of the adverse costs rather than the whole amount.