Chambers Review
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Litigation Funding - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Founded in 2007, Harbour remains a respected player in the UK funding market. The firm provides the full spectrum of litigation funding products in multiple jurisdictions across the globe.
Strengths
Harbour is an experienced litigation funder that has seen it all and knows how to run cases in the UK and beyond. It is commercial, user-friendly and professional.
Harbour is very professional, strategic and non-interventionalist in its approach.
Harbour is very sensible and good to work with because the team understands the pressures on lawyers. It is flexible and has a risk appetite.
Notable practitioners
Susan Dunn is a co-founder of Harbour and the current chair of the Association of Litigation Funders. Her experience and market presence make her one of the most sophisticated and respected funders in the UK.
Susan is absolutely a market leader. She has been around a long time and she is very successful.
Susan is a leader in the market and she has extensive know-how.
Mark King brings his experience as a litigation lawyer to his roles as senior director of legal finance and head of case management at Harbour.
Mark is very sensible and he has a good feel for the right place for cases to settle.
Mark is very good. I think he is very diligent, very straightforward and no-nonsense.
Stephen O'Dowd is a litigation funding specialist with experience in class actions, competition claims and complex investments. He has a background in private practice and in-house roles, working closely with leading firms in the UK and Australia.
Stephen O’Dowd is a delight to work with and phenomenally knowledgeable and diligent. He is calm and commercial, regardless of the circumstances.