Chambers Review
Provided by Chambers
Litigation Funding - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Balance Legal Capital is an experienced funder and its team includes several senior lawyers from top City firms. The firm funds commercial disputes and class actions.
Strengths
Balance Legal Capital is forensic in its analysis of cases. They are all ex-litigation lawyers, so they are very analytical and will have a view and their own ideas on the case.
Balance is a standout funder because of the quality of its people and the transparency of its dealings. The team are unfazed by complex structures and immediately grasp complicated legal concepts.
Balance Legal Capital are really good. I couldn't ask for more from a funder. Their processes are very smooth and efficient. They were commercial throughout and, more importantly, incredibly swift.
Notable practitioners
Robert Rothkopf is the managing partner at Balance Legal Capital. He draws on expertise in international arbitration gained in a prior role at Herbert Smith Freehills.
Robert Rothkopf is a market leader. He is excellent, active, and very involved in day-to-day management and the organisation.
Robert Rothkopf is a highly talented all-rounder. He combines great legal acumen with razor-sharp focus on solving issues practically. Really impressive.
Robert is at the heart of everything. He is well known in the market for providing really well-done due diligence and ongoing case management.
Lindsay Woods joined Balance Legal Capital in 2022 as an investment manager. She is a qualified barrister in Ontario and has experience in complex commercial litigation, insolvency and financial services disputes, having practised in Canada and the UK.
Lindsay is a pleasure to deal with: she is super-smart, commercial and practical.
Lindsay is a great operator. She is very on the ball, very knowledgeable, and I think she is an excellent asset to Balance Legal Capital.
Lindsay Woods is fantastic: a really slick operator and always on top of the detail.
Jeremy Humm is an investment manager at Balance Legal Capital and an experienced litigation lawyer, having previously been a solicitor in the commercial disputes team of a magic circle law firm and at an international firm's Sydney office.
Jeremy Humm is very intelligent, a very good litigator and has a good understanding of tactics and negotiating. He's incredibly fast as well - a guy you want on your team.
Oliver Hayes is a partner at Balance Legal Capital. Hayes is a former litigation associate at a magic circle law firm. At Balance, he works on origination, due diligence, investment monitoring and fund-raising.
Oliver Hayes is excellent, diligent, a very sharp guy with great commercial sense. He is instrumental in Balance's trajectory in the last few years.
Oliver Hayes is great: entrepreneurial and responsive.
Oliver is at the heart of everything. He has a hands-on approach: he knows how the case should go, and he provides assistance but not interference.