What litigation finance is
How a third party funds a claim in exchange for a share of any recovery, and why the asset class exists.
Private credit · Litigation finance
Twelve-month private credit,
backed by litigation.
An asset class that sits outside the stock market. The overview explains how litigation funding works, sets out the full terms of the program, and introduces the people behind it.
For private investors placing $50,000 or more.
Free. No obligation. Your details are never sold.
Why people are looking at this
Everything moves together now
Equities, bonds and property increasingly respond to the same news on the same day.
Cash has a cost
Money held back for safety is still exposed to whatever inflation does next.
Most alternatives aren't
A lot of what gets sold as uncorrelated turns out to track the same cycle.
The good stuff was institutional
For most of the last decade this particular trade needed an institution to access it.
How it actually works
Capital funds legal claims that are already underway, in exchange for a share of whatever they recover.
1 · Capital is committed
Money is advanced against a portfolio of legal claims, not to a company.
2 · Cases progress
Claims move toward settlement or judgment on their own timetable, driven by evidence and procedure.
3 · Recoveries are realized
Where a claim succeeds, a pre-agreed share of the proceeds is returned to the funder.
4 · Distributions are made
Investors receive scheduled distributions across the term of the note.
What decides the outcome is the strength of a claim and the behavior of a defendant — not interest rates, earnings season, or what the index did this week.
Chris Griffin
Chief Executive Officer · Capital Intellect
Chris Griffin — CFP™, CPEP™, Chartered MCSI. Having previously worked in the City of London as a lawyer, Chris transitioned to the financial side of litigation, eventually becoming an internationally qualified financial advisor. He also holds Chartered Private Equity Professional™ status from the United States Private Equity Council, along with a Certification in Alternative Investments from Harvard Business School.
Litigation finance is one of the few places where those two careers meet — which is why Capital Intellect works in it, and why the overview explains the mechanism before it explains the terms.
Chris has developed an excellent reputation with his clients as knowledge and qualifications are at the forefront of what he does. Qualified in the U.K., U.S., and E.U., Chris is one of the most qualified finance professionals working within the international space, and this comes across in the comprehensive solutions he provides.
Free. No obligation. Your details are never sold.
What's inside
Four pages. The mechanism, the terms, and who you'd be dealing with.
How the capital flows
From investors and fund managers, through to claimants, and back out again as profit.
Why it's uncorrelated
What actually drives a litigation outcome, and why market news mostly isn't it.
The full terms
Minimum, term, return and distribution schedule, set out in a single table.
How the strategy manages risk
The insurance and risk mitigation arrangements the fund is able to use.
What happens at maturity
Redeem, roll into a new series, or convert to fund equity.
Who you'd be dealing with
Capital Intellect, what we do, and the background of the person you'd speak to.
The questions everyone asks first
What am I actually investing in?
A twelve-month note, not an individual lawsuit. The capital sits behind a diversified portfolio of funded legal claims rather than the outcome of any single case.
How long is my money committed?
Twelve months, with a choice at maturity to redeem, roll into a new series, or convert to fund equity. There is no secondary market.
What's the minimum?
$50,000. It's a private placement rather than a retail product.
Who runs it?
The fund is independently managed and administered. Capital Intellect introduces the opportunity and is not the issuer or the manager.
Capital at risk. Investors may lose some or all of their capital.
Request the overview
It's a four-page PDF covering the mechanism, the terms, and the people behind the program.