Litigation Support Guide 2026 : UK-wide
Ranked Individuals
Provided by Stewarts
Stewarts has considerable experience in assisting commercial disputes clients to secure third-party litigation funding and after the event (“ATE”) insurance from reputable providers and on best terms available. Recent stats show they have dealt with:
The pricing and terms of litigation funding agreements vary enormously. Consequently, the choice of funder is crucial. Unlike other firms, Stewarts is not tied to working with just one or two funders. Rather, they regularly review and update a panel of funders with the best credentials to suit their clients’ needs. Their due diligence process also probes each prospective funder’s capital adequacy and ability to meet security for costs requirements.
Stewarts has a strong track record of securing innovative funding terms for their clients through their experience in assessing, modelling, and advising on one-off and portfolio funding arrangements for institutional clients and law firms.
Provided by Chambers
Stewarts has longstanding experience advising clients on legal costs, litigation funding, and expenses insurance. The team excels in securing the best funding terms for high-value disputes, working with a wide panel of funders to create tailored solutions for clients.
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Stewarts offers significant depth of preparation and analytical review of evidence, excellent experience across the team in the full breadth of litigation and settlement scenarios.
Stewarts has the strength of knowledge, experience and track record of success in these specialist areas of law. It is financially astute and very commercial in how it structures and pursues claims.
Stewarts has a detailed knowledge of the funding industry, adverse costs insurance industry and litigation funding agreements. It is able to cut straight to the key issues rather than wasting time on basics.
Provided by Chambers
Julian Chamberlayne heads Stewarts' cost and funding disputes team, focusing on costs, insurance and funding for complex litigation. He oversees alternative funding arrangements and regularly contributes to the industry through speaking engagements and written work.
Julian is a very strong negotiator and someone who is very alive to the commercial implications of funding arrangements. He has a very strong grasp on the details of any matter and is steadfast in his pursuit of an acceptable outcome. He is a pleasure to deal with.
Julian knows this market extremely well.
Julian is a very pleasant person who works on big cases.
Alex Jay leads Stewarts' insolvency and asset recovery team, specialising in distressed and fraud-related cases. He works with litigation funders to secure innovative funding structures for insolvency and asset recovery, with a strong focus on cross-border matters.
Alex has good general knowledge of funding and is very commercial.
Alex is incredibly diligent and thorough. I have enjoyed working with him. He is very commercial in his outlook and I would recommend him to others.
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