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Nivalion AG

Steinhausen Office

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Provided by Nivalion AG

Firm Overview and History:

Nivalion AG is one of Europe’s leading providers of litigation and arbitration finance with offices in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Founded in 2016 by veterans of the litigation funding and reinsurance sectors in Switzerland and Germany, Nivalion offers legal finance solutions throughout Europe as well as in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. Nivalion is the first Swiss Litigation Funder with a FINMA license and the only funder in Continental Europe that is regulated as an asset manager by financial market authorities.


Number of Employees: 25


Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Cantonese (Chinese)

Nivalion focuses on funding business-to-business (B2B) disputes including complex commercial litigation and arbitration, patent infringement litigation, antitrust proceedings, insolvency litigation, collective consumer actions, and investment treaty disputes. In addition, Nivalion supports individuals in pursuing high-volume claims.

Nivalion’s international team includes disputes lawyers with decades of courtroom and arbitration experience as well as financial specialists with extensive experience in legal finance in various sectors including insurance and aviation. This experience and related insights are available to clients and their legal counsel as a resource, but Nivalion does not interfere with case strategy, management or decision making.

Nivalion is committed to responsible funding of strong claims and to creating and maintaining lasting relationships as a fair and reliable partner with all stakeholders. Nivalion is a member and Thomas Kohlmeier (Nivalion’s Co-Founder and Senior Advisory Partner) sits on the Board of Directors and on the Executive Committee of the International Legal Finance Association (ILFA), Washington DC. Furthermore, Nivalion is a founding member and Thomas Kohlmeier sits on the Board of Directors of the European Litigation Funders Associations (ELFA), Brussels. Both ILFA and ELFA are non-profit trade associations promoting the highest standards of operation and service for the commercial legal finance sector. Nivalion is committed to upholding the best practice principles of ILFA and ELFA as well as of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) Guidelines for Third Party Funders.


Services:

Nivalion provides traditional legal funding solutions and has been at the forefront of developments in the field, working with parties and law firms to find innovative solutions that promote access to justice and help them manage their financial exposure and liquidity.

Nivalion supports parties in the pursuit of strong arbitration and litigation claims and defences by underwriting all costs of the proceedings, including adverse cost risk. This external funding allows companies to move legal costs and risks off of their balance sheet, freeing up capital and improving budgeting and cash management. Companies are thereby able to better focus on their operations and deploy capital in their core business.


Specific offerings include:

  • Arbitration Funding
  • Litigation Funding
  • Funding for Group Litigation & Class Actions
  • Defence Funding
  • Portfolio Financing for Companies & Law Firms
  • De-Risking & Monetisation of Claims
  • Funding of Enforcement Actions
  • Monetisation of Judgements & Awards
  • Co-Funding and Secondary Funding


Offices:

SWITZERLAND

STEINHAUSEN | ZUG: Turmstrasse 28, 6312

Tel: +41 41 748 43 00

Email: [email protected]


GERMANY


MUNICH: Redwitzstraße 4, 81925

Tel: +49 89 954 57 676

Email: [email protected]


FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Opernplatz 14, 60313

Tel: +49 69 273 11 426

Email: [email protected]


AUSTRIA VIENNA: Fichtegasse 5, 1010

Tel: +43 1 253 22 20

Email: [email protected]

Offices

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Switzerland - Head office
Turmstrasse 28, Steinhausen, Zug, Switzerland, 6312

Web: nivalion.com

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +41 41 748 43 00