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We pay your legal costs.
Hudson Litigation Capital provides the capital required to pursue a serious commercial claim — legal fees, expert witnesses, court costs, disbursements. You do not pay these out of pocket.
For Claimants
If the case is sound, capital should not stop it.
Hudson Litigation Capital exists so that meritorious commercial disputes are decided on their merits — not on which side can outspend the other. This page is written for the principal: the company, the founder, the estate, the trustee. If you are counsel, the parallel page for retained firms is here.
What We Are, Plainly
Capital for the case. Not for the firm.
HLC is not a law firm. We do not represent you, advise you on legal strategy, or take a side in your dispute. We provide the financial resources required to pursue a strong claim properly.
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You only repay if you recover.
Our capital is non-recourse. If the matter does not succeed, you owe us nothing. The loss sits with HLC, not with you.
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You and your counsel remain in control.
We do not direct litigation strategy. We do not instruct your lawyers. The decision to settle, to proceed, or to appeal is yours and your counsel's, always.
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Our involvement is confidential.
We are not disclosed to opposing parties unless the law requires it. Our presence behind your case is treated as privileged from the moment you contact us.
When to Approach Us
Four moments that suit our capital.
With counsel already retained
If you have a law firm engaged and a litigation budget that exceeds your appetite or your liquidity, this is the most direct way to approach us.
Considering counsel but not yet retained
We can be approached at the diligence stage. We will not recommend a firm, but we will indicate whether the matter, on its face, fits our mandate before you commit fees.
Holding a judgment or arbitral award
If you have prevailed but enforcement requires capital — particularly cross-border — we underwrite the recovery phase as a separate product line.
Approached by opposing capital
If you are a defendant facing a funded plaintiff with a meritorious counterclaim of your own, we will consider the affirmative claim independently.
First Contact
What we need to begin.
At first contact, we are deliberately undemanding. Counsel-grade submission materials are not required to start a conversation — they come later, only if we both decide there is reason to continue.
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Who you are
Your name, your organisation, and the best confidential email to reach you.
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What the dispute is
A short, plain-language description of the dispute, the parties, and where things currently stand.
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What you are seeking
An estimate of damages and an estimate — even rough — of the capital you would need to see the matter through.
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Counsel position
Whether counsel is retained, in selection, or yet to be engaged. We do not require counsel at first contact.
What Happens Next
An indicative timeline.
Acknowledgement
Within 24 hours
A named principal at HLC confirms receipt personally. No automated reply.
NDA Execution
Within 48 hours
A mutual non-disclosure agreement on HLC's standard form. Common-interest privilege is invoked from the moment of receipt.
Preliminary View
Within 10 business days
A written indication of fit, conditional pass, or decline. No matter is left without status.
Term Sheet
Within 30 business days
If the preliminary view is positive, indicative non-binding terms follow.
Two Standing Doctrines
Seriousness Test and the Conditional Hold.
Two named institutional rules govern how HLC engages with claimants at the threshold of underwriting. Both are written down. Both are applied without exception.
§ SERIOUSNESS TEST
The gate before underwriting resources are deployed.
Before HLC commits underwriting time and external counsel resources, the matter must satisfy the Seriousness Test: a qualitative and quantitative assessment of whether the dispute is a genuine commercial matter with credible quantum, identified counsel formally retained, a defendant whose assets are realistically reachable, and a probability assessment that survives the Optimism Discount.
Retained counsel is a precondition. We do not deploy diligence resources on matters where the legal team has not been engaged.
§ CONDITIONAL HOLD — 30 DAYS
If you have not yet retained counsel.
Where a claimant approaches HLC before retaining counsel, we will place the matter on a thirty-day Conditional Hold while you engage qualified representation. We will direct you to general resources — your jurisdiction's bar association or law society — but HLC does not recommend, rank, or steer you toward any specific firm. Doing so would compromise our independence.
Re-application within twelve months, with retained counsel in place, is considered without prejudice.
§ Confidentiality, In Plain Language
Anything you share with us — whether or not you ultimately work with HLC — is treated as privileged. We do not disclose your name, your dispute, or your interest in capital to opposing parties, to other funders, or to anyone outside the Investment Committee and our retained external counsel. If, after review, we decline, your file is closed and not retained for unrelated purposes.
Direct, Confidential Contact
inquiries@hudlitcapital.comIf you are retained counsel approaching us on behalf of a client, the parallel page for counsel is here →