Litigation financing
Litigation financing, an asset class with very low correlation to traditional financial markets and offering diversification in an unlisted portfolio
Litigation financing consists of providing financial resources for legal proceedings (attorney fees and expert opinions) brought by companies, associations, or foundations to enable them to obtain compensation for damages. This segment of private debt offers returns that are uncorrelated with the markets and interest rate fluctuations.
Major trends
Estimated at $23.57 billion in 2024, the litigation financing market is growing rapidly and is expected to reach $25.84 billion in 2025 and $59.78 billion by 2034 (Market Research Future). This trend responds to two key challenges: optimizing companies' P&L by avoiding the use of their own funds, and facilitating access to justice, particularly for class actions. In Europe, compensation claims are on the rise, driven by competition law, the GDPR, and the Damages Directive.
IVO Capital is a well-established and leading player in the European market with ten years of experience in this asset class, whose unique characteristics make it particularly attractive to investors. Litigation financing is characterized by two striking asymmetries. First, court and arbitration decisions are not affected by fluctuations in the financial markets and the global economy, offering investors valuable decorrelation. Second, the size of the transactions financed is not directly correlated with the expected gains: the cost of litigation or arbitration depends primarily on its legal complexity, rather than the amount of the claim.
Our investment universe
Over the past decade, IVO Capital has financed around 50 cases. The portfolio of financed operations is diversified both geographically—continental Europe, the United Kingdom, North America, and others—and in terms of the types of actions—actions for compensation following convictions by regulatory authorities, such as competition authorities, the CNIL, etc., and actions for breach of contractual obligations, allowing compensation for damages suffered, whether through arbitration proceedings or before state courts.
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