Litigation Support Guide 2026 : Europe-wide
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Nivalion is a leading legal finance provider across continental Europe. Its staff are highly experienced, with previous career roles as disputes lawyers, litigators and finance industry professionals.
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The team is extraordinary: they consistently demonstrate a deep, technically precise understanding of the underlying legal and factual issues, not just the headline risks.
The team is very hands-on and responsive.
Nivalion combines funding capability with genuine practitioner insight. The team is able to assess strategy and tactics and provide commercially grounded input where appropriate.
Nivalion has a very sophisticated understanding of complex patent litigation. This makes them an ideal funder to work with.
The practitioners are extremely responsive and very business savvy.
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Isabelle Berger is Nivalion's chief investment officer and is well regarded for her extensive experience in litigation.
Isabelle Berger is one of the most intellectually impressive lawyers I have encountered. She combines exceptional analytical depth with a sharp strategic mindset and delivers clear, well-judged advice on complex matters.
She is an experienced lawyer with a good understanding of the peculiarities and unforeseeable developments in litigation.
We really enjoy working with Isabelle. She’s always available, has a clear grasp of the case and offers valuable insights.
She demonstrates a clear ability to assess complex dispute situations from both a legal and financial perspective, which is essential in litigation funding.
She stands out for her precision, judgement and ability to translate complexity into actionable insight.
Franziska Studer is Nivalion's co-head of Switzerland, France and Benelux. Sources appreciate Studer's pragmatic and commercial approach to litigation funding.
She is consistently fast, effective and extremely well prepared in every meeting. She quickly understands our needs and constraints, and she proactively engages to find practical solutions to the challenges we face.
She combines a high level of professionalism with a pragmatic and commercially minded approach to complex disputes.
Franziska Studer stands out for her thoughtful and highly professional approach. She combines strong analytical skills with a clear understanding of both legal and commercial aspects of complex disputes. She is responsive, well organised, and brings a calm, pragmatic perspective to decision-making.
Franziska is very analytical but also open to debate. She's also very considerate in that she doesn't intervene when she doesn't need to.
Jakob Hüebert leads Nivalion’s activities in Germany and the Nordics. He is a former disputes lawyer and has nearly a decade of experience in litigation and arbitration.
It is a real pleasure to work with Jakob.
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Litigation Support 2026
Practice area: Litigation Funding
Location: Latin America-wide
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