The evolution of the UK litigation funding market – future trends?

Malcolm Hitching, James Popperwell, Nikolas Ireland and Jack Bodkin of Macfarlanes LLP share the results from a recent survey among London litigation funders that has provided some important insights into the likely evolution of the UK litigation funding and legal assets market. The results indicate funders are looking to deploy ever-larger sums; are open to taking portfolio risk (rather than just that of a single case); are actively seeking the development of the co-investment and secondary markets; and (in more than 50% of instances) are prepared to finance non-contentious risk as well as more traditional litigation opportunities. Read more.