Litigation Finance

Full Suite of Services

Our litigation finance team leverages industry knowledge and in-depth experience, from a range of practice areas, offering the full suite of services:

• Dedicated litigation finance fund formation.
• Structuring of joint venture and co-investment opportunities.
• Case due diligence, including in specialist areas such as construction, intellectual property and securities misselling.
• Tax, compliance and regulatory issues relating to litigation finance.
• Advising on litigation funding agreements, including associated security and credit support arrangements.
• Advising on monetization of litigation assets, including lending secured on litigation receivables.
• Advising on acquisition of awards and judgments.
• Advising on enforcement strategies for funders, including against sovereign states.

Experience in Every Stage of the Litigation Funding Life Cycle

We have experience in every stage of the litigation funding life cycle and for all types of investments, from ad hoc single case funding to advising dedicated litigation funding platforms on the full range of investment structures.

Investment Management, Transactions and Tax

A longtime advisor to alternative investment funds, our investment management team represents sponsors in the formation and operation of litigation finance funds and advises on related regulatory matters. Our team is aided by three accretive practice specialties:

• A global presence that provides broad funds insight on the latest trends in litigation financing fund terms and regulatory analysis.
• A dedicated regulatory and compliance team steering clients through an increasingly changing regulatory environment, as well as assisting in navigating audits and complex investigations.
• An international tax practice, that has deep experience with appropriate tax structuring for litigation finance investments, including structures designed to maximize potential tax efficiencies available to a diverse group of investment fund investor constituencies (e.g., non-U.S., U.S. tax-exempt and U.S. taxable investors).

Litigation Analysis, Enforcement and Dispute Resolution

Akin is one of the largest litigation firms in the world. We leverage this experience providing tailored advice to litigation finance firms on a range of complex litigation and arbitration situations.

Our expertise spans sectors of interest to litigation funders, including class actions, bankruptcy litigation, patent litigation and other intellectual property rights disputes, construction disputes, antitrust proceedings and sovereign disputes.