Category Archive: Insights

Why the smartest law firms are exploring external funding in 2024

Harbour Litigation Funding

From its roots as a funder of litigation cases, Harbour has expanded to investing in legal businesses themselves. Managing director and chief investment officer Ellora MacPherson explains the market drivers that motivated this evolution in its financial offerings.   Since it was established in 2007, Harbour has acted as a leading port of call for […]

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How to get your cases funded

Harbour Litigation Funding

The are four key factors a litigation funder looks at when assessing whether or not they are going to fund a case. Whilst lawyers will often start by looking at merits, a litigation funder’s primary concern is to recover its investment, and wherever possible also obtain a return on that investment. Lawyers should always be […]

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Lawdragon Podcast: An Interview with Kory Parkhurst

Harbour Litigation Funding

Harbour were pleased to take part in the Litigation Finance episode of the Lawdragon podcast, hosted by David Weinstein, a former prosecutor and partner at Jones Walker. Kory Parkhurst, who is the exclusive US representative for Harbour, explained how funding is used in the US and how Harbour’s funding is evolving. Kory explains what Harbour’s […]

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Three quarters of law firms would consider external ownership

Harbour Litigation Funding

Three quarters of law firms would consider selling a percentage of their business to an external buyer, new research has revealed. A survey of 200 law firm partners commissioned by Harbour, the world’s largest independent litigation funder and law firm lender, showed that 149 of the 200 partners surveyed said their firm would consider external […]

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Litigation Finance Spurs Innovation by Moving Past Single Cases

Harbour Litigation Funding

Litigation finance has entered the mainstream over the last two decades as a tool to fund single cases. Now, the litigation funding industry is quickly evolving to provide broad financial backing to law firms, corporate legal departments, alternative legal service providers, and entrepreneurial lawyers. Binary Outcomes Funding pays the costs associated with pursuing a claim […]

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How are law firms financing their growth?

Harbour Litigation Funding

Over the last 18 months firms began to ask Harbour if we could offer a solution.  As a privately owned business, with a wide-ranging mandate from our investors, we have a lot of flexibility in how we can deploy capital. The Harbour team speaks to law firms every day, and throughout the pandemic we were […]

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