Litigation Funding - UK-wide
Band 2
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 one of the cornerstone market players. They have been around a while and they learned where their sectors are. They honed in their specialties and they're a perfectly credible funder.
Harbour's strengths include pragmatism, commerciality and a keen willingness to reach a reasonable position of compromise in the event of disagreement. Harbour works collaboratively and transparently - both of which are key tenets to a happy business relationship.
Harbour has detailed knowledge of the sectors in which we operate, alongside having access to capital that allows them broad latitude in setting appropriate risk-adjusted returns.
Work Highlights
Harbour funded class representative Alexander Wolfson's Competition Appeal Tribunal claim against Microsoft on behalf of business customers who purchased Microsoft's products between 2018-2023.
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 a complete powerhouse in the industry. She's developed the funding market in the UK.
Susan is a leading figure in the litigation funding UK industry. We have the most respect for her. She's so well regarded, including by the judiciary. Her litigation funding really works.
I rate Susan very highly. She's very talented.
Oliver Way is a senior director at Harbour. He leads on the funding of large group action claims and the provision of law firm funding solutions.
Oliver is a creative thinker and offers excellent input.
He's incredibly easy to work with, very calm and knowledgeable.
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 is great. He combines a lot of experience with great commercial knowledge.
Stephen is excellent and lovely to work with.
Stephen is incredibly knowledgeable. He's very experienced and understands the ins and outs of litigation. He's incredibly knowledgeable about the funding market.
Stephen is knowledgeable, polite and sensible.
Stephen is one of the most longstanding and experienced litigation funders in the market. He's the man that knows everything.
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 a pleasure to work with. He's very approachable and reasonable.
Mark is a superb adviser.
