Who We Help
For General Counsel & Legal Teams
For general counsel, litigation funding is a legal-operations tool: it lets the department pursue meritorious affirmative claims without consuming the defence budget, adds an independent underwriting check on merits, and supplies managed execution bandwidth, while counsel independence and settlement control stay with the claimant.
Executive Summary
In-house teams run two portfolios: defensive matters they must fight, and affirmative claims they could monetise. The affirmative side is chronically underworked because budget and bandwidth go to defence.
Funding flips the affirmative side from cost centre to potential recovery, with governance, privilege protocol and reporting agreed before anything is shared.
Introducing funding into the department
- 1
Portfolio triage
Separate defensive matters from affirmative claims; value and grade the affirmative side.
- 2
Candidate selection
High-value, documented claims with solvent counterparties and clean limitation.
- 3
Governance setup
Privilege protocol, approval workflow, settlement authority and reporting cadence, upfront.
- 4
Assessment & diligence
Independent underwriting pressure-tests each candidate's merits and recoverability.
- 5
Managed execution
Funded matters run through empanelled advocates with monitored progress.
GC readiness checklist
- An affirmative-claim register with values and limitation dates
- A privilege and confidentiality protocol for diligence
- Defined settlement authority and decision rights
- Management mandate for monetising claims
- A reporting format that translates legal progress into business terms
Frequently asked questions
Does diligence compromise privilege? ▾
Diligence is structured to respect privilege with confidentiality protections; agree your privilege protocol before sharing material.
Who controls settlement? ▾
The claimant. Funding agreements set consultation rights, but strategy and settlement control remain with the claimant and counsel.
How is outside counsel affected? ▾
Advocates remain independent and are paid brief fees in the ordinary course, the model does not rely on contingency fees, which are not permitted for advocates in India.
What makes a matter a good first candidate? ▾
High value, strong documents, solvent counterparty, clean limitation, and internal bandwidth as the binding constraint.
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