About

Provided by Orchard Global

Orchard Global is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager providing transformational financing solutions to help banks, asset managers, and companies solve challenging capital and liquidity needs. Orchard Global manages over $8.1bn in total AUM.


Orchard Global’s litigation finance business was established in 2015 as an allocation within the firm’s flagship, multi-strategy fund. It has since made over 100 litigation finance investments across four Orchard-managed funds, and the firm launched a dedicated, standalone litigation finance fund in November 2022. Orchard Global’s typical investment sizes is between GBP 1,000,000 and GBP 10,000,000 for single cases and around GBP 30m for portfolio and speciality lending with flexibility to extend beyond these parameters.


Orchard Global considers all types of commercial litigation and arbitration globally, with a focus on England & Wales, other common law jurisdictions and EU countries. Orchard Global can provide a complete range of funding solutions, such as:

∙           General commercial disputes

∙           Group actions

∙           Competition claims

∙           Insolvency related disputes

∙           IP infringement disputes

∙           International arbitration claims

∙           Law firm lending

∙           Portfolio financing


Orchard Global is a member of the Association of Litigation Funders.

Chambers Review

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Litigation Funding - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Orchard Global Asset Management is an alternative asset manager with a dedicated litigation funding service. It funds single claims and also assists clients with portfolio and other alternative arrangements.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ben Moss
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Ben Moss co-leads Orchard Global’s litigation finance strategy, managing the full investment life cycle with a focus on complex European matters.

Ben knows the litigation funding market very well. He goes into detail, asks the right questions and comes to pragmatic decisions and finds solutions. He is an efficient, trustworthy person.

Ben is very responsive with a strong track record and in-depth knowledge of the industry.

Ben Moss is a fantastic gentleman. He is highly qualified and has a lot of business acuteness.

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Lara Melrose
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Band 4

Lara Melrose is co-head of litigation finance at Orchard Global. She has experience funding a variety of matters, including single and group claims, as well as portfolio investments.

Lara is very professional and on top of things. She has a clear understanding of priorities, deliverables and governance topics, and provides advice for solutions.

Lara is very driven and exceptionally sharp on details in cases and procedures. She is a great person to work with as well.

Lara was always available when needed and demonstrated flexibility to support the client and added value with insightful suggestions.

Ranked Individuals at
Orchard Global

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UK-wide

Litigation Funding

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Ben Moss
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Band 4
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Lara Melrose
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Members

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Ben Moss

Carrie Leonard

Head of Department

Lara Melrose

Rosie Murray