Strategic Costs Planning and Risk Assessment
I provide comprehensive advice to City law firms and international practices on strategic costs planning for complex commercial litigation, including:
- Risk assessment and cost optimization – Analysing potential cost exposure and developing strategies to minimise risk
- Multi-million pound litigation strategies – Detailed cost-benefit analysis for high-value commercial cases
- Proportionality challenges – Strategic assessment of whether costs are proportionate to the claim
- International litigation portfolios – Comprehensive risk modelling across multiple cases
- Early-stage advice on litigation funding options and cost protection mechanisms
- Case management decisions that maximise cost recovery potential while minimising adverse exposure
Litigation Funding and Insurance
I specialise in drafting, negotiating and reviewing sophisticated litigation funding agreements, including:
- Third-party funding arrangements exceeding £10 million
- Portfolio funding structures for multiple cases
- Group litigation funding with complex distribution arrangements
- Funding agreement terms including termination provisions, success fees, and cost liability allocation
- Regulatory compliance including FCA requirements and disclosure obligations
- After-the-event (ATE) insurance placement and coverage optimisation
- Policy drafting and coverage disputes with leading ATE insurers
International and Cross-Border Issues
I provide comprehensive advice on costs and funding issues in international commercial litigation:
- Cost allocation in parallel proceedings across different countries
- Enforcement of costs orders across jurisdictions
- Strategic coordination of funding arrangements in multi-jurisdictional disputes
- Forum selection and its costs implications
- Recovery prospects assessment in different jurisdictions
- Coordination of funding structures across common law and civil law systems
- Offshore disputes including DIFC proceedings and Cayman Islands litigation
Group Litigation and Collective Proceedings
My group litigation advisory services include:
- Test case selection and strategic counsel
- Cost allocation mechanisms between group members
- Funding distribution structures in large-scale commercial disputes
- Collective proceedings orders and their costs implications
- Representative action certification advice
- Competition law funding frameworks intersection with group litigation
- Cost-sharing agreements and waterfall distribution mechanisms
- Contingency arrangements that optimise recovery for group members
Professional Negligence and Regulatory Advice
I provide strategic advisory services on professional negligence and regulatory compliance:
- Professional negligence exposure relating to costs advice and funding strategy
- Risk assessment for law firms on potential claims from costs advice failures
- Due diligence on litigation funding arrangements
- Compliance advice on solicitor-client costs practices
- Alternative business structure compliance
- Claims management regulation for legal tech platforms and aggregation services
- Retainer management and best practice guidance
Commercial Due Diligence and Expert Determination
I provide specialist commercial services including:
- Commercial due diligence on litigation portfolios for corporate transactions
- Assessment of costs recovery prospects and funding arrangement viability
- Regulatory compliance reviews for litigation assets
- Expert determination services in costs and funding disputes
- Binding resolution of complex cost allocation disagreements
- Funding arrangement disputes and their resolution