Monetising legal assets across all the world
We provide our bespoke services to a range of clients including corporate clients and law firms.
Litigation
Finance
Ramco has been a pioneer and market leader in developing litigation funding in Spain. Litigation funding can meet some or all of the costs of pursuing the claim in return for a share of the proceeds payable only if the claim is successful.
Arbitration
Finance
Ramco has extensive experience on international arbitration and can offer structures specifically tailored to the particular issues that arise in those cases.
Funding for group litigation
and class actions
Ramco has a long track record with regard to funding for group litigation and class actions across a wide variety of jurisdictions for clients who would otherwise be unable to seek redress.
Monetising claims,
judgements and awards
Monetisation pending claims helps to remove downside risk while monetisation of judgments and awards facilitates the acceleration of enforcement through advance payments to monetise the outcome before its final conclusion.
Law firms
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We work with law firms to monetize areas of their practice, from financing individual cases, class actions or portfolio cases.
Monetisation
portfolio
Monetisation portfolios provides substantial upfront capital by monetising the outcome of the case prior to its completion, allowing the company to maximise the value and profitability of its litigation assets.
About Ramco
Ramco is a specialist provider of litigation finance solutions with a strong track record, managed by Spanish litigator Cristina Soler and backed by institutional investors.
Ramco focuses its activities on high value-added areas such as natural resources and energy, regulatory markets, banking and financial markets, renewable energy, capital projects and infrastructure, competition and antitrust and intellectual property.
The team brings together many years of experience in the energy, litigation and finance sectors and has the knowledge and expertise to properly evaluate litigation and arbitration claims.
Ramco helps leading companies and law firms to optimise their legal assets and provides litigation financing in all its forms, including single case and class action litigation, as well as the financing of arbitrations and the purchase of claims, judgments and awards.
Founded in 2017, RAMCO has been involved in the funding of claims with a total value in excess of USD 4 billion, including some of the landmark cases pursued in Spain and other jurisdictions.
Third-party funding allows, apart from financing the costs of the claim, to have a highly qualified team of experts who provide added value to the company’s position in the litigation
Cristina Soler, Managing Partner of Ramco Litigation Funding
La Vanguardia, “Ramco or how to litigate without money or without risk”
Spain is an emerging market for litigation funding and ligation and arbitration proceedings arise in sectors of high interest to investors, such as renewables, competition law or banking, among others
Cristina Soler, Managing Partner of Ramco Litigation Funding
Expansión, “Litigation Funds become strong in Spain”
Litigation funding was initially consolidated in sectors where litigation is particularly costly, due to the need for professional technical specialization and the special economic relevance of the debate and claims at stake
Cristina Soler, Managing Partner of Ramco Litigation Funding
Iberian Lawyer, “Fund me if you Dare”
Litigation and Arbitration Funding
A new asset class
The claimant’s perspective
A claim with reasonable prospects of success is a business asset. While a company may not be able to reflect the prospective value of a claim in its financial statements, it has a value which access to litigation funding may help to unlock.
While initially third party funding was generally confined to claimants with limited resources, in recent years, even large companies with more than adequate cash resources have been using this funding mechanism on a recurring basis, with the objective of maximising the value and profitability of their litigation assets.
Third-party funding can be used at any stage of the judicial or arbitration proceedings and even when the claimant has already exhausted its own resources in the early stages of the proceedings.
The law firm perspective
Leading law firms face increasing competition in maintaining client relationships. Major law firms are looking for ways to take on more cases and to secure more revenue through alternative fee structures.
Litigation funding provides law firms with the resources to generate new cases and respond to the needs of their clients. Through litigation funding, the claimant can maintain the hourly rate relationship with its lawyers of choice, knowing that the necessary resources will be allocated to the case and the best experts engaged to make the case a success.
The investor’s perspective
Litigation finance is an alternative asset class, with the clear potential to deliver substantial uncorrelated returns.