Harbour Litigation Funding

Harbour Litigation Funding is a commercial litigation and arbitration funder that provides capital solutions to claimants, corporates, insolvency practitioners, and law firms to help manage the financial risk of pursuing legal disputes.

Key features and functions include:

Case and Portfolio Funding
Harbour pays legal fees and disbursements over the life of a claim in exchange for a pre-agreed share of the proceeds recovered if the case succeeds. Funding is available for single cases or portfolios of cases, with pricing tailored to the claimant's circumstances. If a claim fails, the funding is written off and the loss is Harbour's alone.

Claim and Judgment Purchase
The firm can purchase prospective claims, judgments, or arbitral awards outright in exchange for an upfront payment, with or without deferred consideration tied to the outcome of the case.

Law Firm Working Capital
Harbour provides working capital facilities to law firms, enabling them to offer contingency and other alternative fee arrangements to clients. For firms running cases on a contingent basis, Harbour can fund up to 100% of deferred legal fees in exchange for a share of the firm's success fee.

Insolvency and Restructuring Funding
The firm funds insolvency practitioners and liquidators pursuing claims on behalf of insolvent estates, including seed funding for investigative work and funding for security-for-costs requirements.

Adverse Costs Insurance
Through its affiliated business, Harbour Underwriting, the firm offers after-the-event insurance covering adverse costs, own-side costs, and disbursements, available on a standalone basis or alongside a funding arrangement.

International Reach
Harbour has funded matters in 14 jurisdictions and 6 arbitral forums, with Global Partners in the US, Brazil, Spain, and the Caribbean, and a dedicated office in Germany.

Harbour is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is a founding member of the Association of Litigation Funders of England and Wales and the International Legal Finance Association.