Third-Party Litigation Funding Advisory

In the evolving global landscape of collective redress and mass tort litigation, third-party financing plays an increasingly central role in enabling access to justice, aligning risk allocation and optimising strategic outcomes for funders, plaintiffs and counsel alike. Drawing on more than 25 years of comparative experience at the intersection of procedural law, collective actions and complex dispute resolution, I provide specialised counsel to litigation funders, institutional investors, alternative capital providers and strategic partners engaged in or evaluating exposure to class, group, representative and mass claims in domestic and cross-border contexts across multiple jurisdictions.

Scope of Advisory Services

My advisory services to third-party funders encompass legal, procedural and strategic dimensions tailored to high-stakes, complex and often domestic and cross-border mass litigation, including but not limited to :

Legal Due Diligence & Risk Assessment : comprehensive evaluation of applicable procedural frameworks, merits and enforceability of claims, and systemic risks arising under divergent national regimes and comparative collective redress standards.
Regulatory & Compliance Analysis : assessment of licensing, ethical and regulatory constraints impacting funding arrangements in the European Union, Latin America and other key jurisdictions.
Structuring of Funding Agreements : bespoke legal structuring of funding arrangements, including protection of funder interests, allocation of costs, control rights, indemnities, confidentiality and dispute resolution mechanisms.
Strategic Litigation Planning : integration of funding strategy with litigation roadmaps, discovery planning, domestic and cross-border coordination and interface with lead counsel and claimants’ representatives.
Exit & Recovery Modelling : tailored frameworks for return maximisation, settlement protocols, recovery waterfalls and enforcement considerations in domestic and cross-border contexts.

Engagement Models for Litigation Funding Advisory

I offer a suite of engagement models adapted to the scope and intensity of clients’ needs, balancing rigour, transparency and alignment of interests :

Retainer-Based Advisory : ongoing legal and strategic counsel provided on a continuous retainer basis, with dedicated availability for funder teams, portfolio reviews and active matters.
Project-Specific Mandates : targeted advisory engagements scoped to specific litigation or funding opportunities, with clearly defined deliverables, milestones and legal outputs.
Hybrid Fee Arrangements : a blended compensation structure combining a baseline advisory retainer with contingency-linked success fees tied to predefined litigation or settlement results.
Discrete Opinion or White Paper Deliverables : analytical opinions, comparative legal memoranda, risk matrix reports and strategic roadmaps tailored to high-level decision-making or institutional investment committees.
Training & Capacity Building : bespoke workshops, seminars and training sessions for funder organisations on procedural trends, risk governance and best practices in domestic and cross-border collective redress.

Value Proposition

My advisory offering is distinguished by :

An integrated comparative law perspective, which anticipates procedural divergences and harmonises strategic decisions across jurisdictions.
A pragmatic and funder-literate approach to litigation finance, grounded in both doctrinal analysis and a deep understanding of market dynamics shaping third-party funding.
More than 25 years of experience acting as a plaintiff lawyer and representative in collective actions and mass claims in over ten jurisdictions, providing first-hand insight into claimant strategy, evidentiary challenges and litigation risk from the demand side.
Extensive experience as an advisor to European institutions, including the European Commission (DG JUST) and EU-funded EC-REACT-related projects, contributing to policy design, regulatory analysis and capacity-building initiatives in the field of collective redress and access to justice.

This advisory practice is suited to established and emerging litigation funders seeking to navigate complex collective proceedings with legal rigour, strategic foresight and institutional credibility.