We are a team of litigators who manage over GBP 250M of private funds, investing in litigation in the UK, Australia, and other common law jurisdictions (ex. USA).
We have extensive disputes experience from the world’s leading litigation firms, strategic and financial expertise, and a deep network in the business and legal community.
We bring our energy, expertise, and a collaborative approach to litigation funding, working with your team to improve litigation outcomes.
We are known not just for our capital but also our independence, speed, expertise and flexibility.
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Unlike some funders, we have delegated authority over the funds we manage and are not beholden to a distant investment committee at another institution. When you deal with us, you deal with the decision makers.
We make a litigation finance proposal more quickly than other funders because we have an experienced team, internal due diligence capabilities and a collaborative approach.
We can bring a fresh view on litigation strategy to the case, with over 100 years of litigation experience.
We provide finance that is tailored to your dispute and your requirements. We offer full or partial legal fee funding, and disbursement-only funding arrangements. We can invest at any stage of the dispute.
Law firms operate in a fiercely competitive environment characterised by increasing client demands and downward pressure on legal fees.
Clients now expect their lawyers to be involved in arranging litigation finance.
Insolvent entities may have valuable claims but not the resources to pursue them.
We provide insolvency practitioners with our litigation finance to pay the litigation costs and in some cases other costs of the liquidation, such as liquidator fees, to help recover proceeds for creditors that would otherwise be lost.
The challenge of managing tighter legal budgets and the rising costs of pursuing claims require business leaders to think differently about litigation.
Increasing numbers of general counsel and finance directors are turning to litigation finance as a way to fund valuable commercial claims, usually on a non-recourse basis.
Capital allocation constraints in private equity, venture capital and corporate venturing can leave valuable commercial claims unfunded in portfolio companies.
Use our litigation funding to de-risk the litigation and our team’s expertise to boost your litigation strategy, all the while protecting capital ratios and eliminating “above the line” litigation expenses.
Our team comprises leading litigation experts in both the UK and Australia where we focus our litigation investments.
Robert Rothkopf provided a funder’s view on group and class action proceedings in the UK for the Houthoff Class Action Survey 2024. The survey offers perspectives on class action trends in 12 jurisdictions.
Robert’s predictions for the future of class actions in the UK included the expansion of claim types that will be permitted under the opt-out jurisdiction, and confirmation of the court’s jurisdiction to order defendants to pay litigation funding costs on top of damages where defendant wrongdoing and/or litigation conduct is egregious, instead of claimant’s meeting funding costs from compensation.
Thanks to Houthoff for their initiative in leading this important research.
Balance is proud to share that we are supporting the Justice and Equity Centre (formerly the Public Interest Advocacy Centre) in its pursuit of strategic social justice litigation.
Balance is proud to support Velitor Law in their pursuit of landlords and insurance brokers for secret commissions.
Balance is proud to have been ranked again in the Chambers and Partners 2024 Litigation Support Guide in both the UK and Australia.
Robert Rothkopf, has been invited to speak at The Commercial Litigators Forum panel event discussing The Post Office Case on 12 June 2024.
Jeremy Humm will be taking part in the upcoming Thought Leaders 4 FIRE Webinar “Litigation Funding Post-PACCAR – What has happened since the decision and what happens next?”
Balance is a member of the Association of Litigation Funders of England & Wales. Our membership of the ALF requires us to satisfy on an ongoing basis stringent financial and capital adequacy tests and to comply with the ALF Code of Conduct.
Balance is a founding member of the Association of Litigation Funders of Australia, and a member of ILFA, the International Legal Finance Association.
Balance Legal Capital LLP is authorised and regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.
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