ILFA is proud to announce the shortlist for its first-ever Legal Finance Awards, honoring exceptional achievement and innovation within the global legal finance industry. The winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony at the end-of-year gala dinner on November 13, 2025, at the Law Society in London.
The Shortlist
Outstanding Insurance Brokerage : This award recognises excellence among insurance brokers who support litigation funding transactions with tailored, effective risk-transfer solutions. It celebrates brokers who demonstrate deep industry knowledge, innovation in policy structuring, and measurable impact on access to justice and litigation risk management.
- CAC Group
- Factor Risk Management
- Gallagher
- HWF Partners
Most Effective Collective Action: This award honours a group action that achieved significant legal, financial, or societal outcomes through strategic litigation and collaboration. It recognises legal teams and funders who maximised claimant outcomes, managed procedural complexities, and drove systemic change or accountability. Both claimant law firms and funders are eligible.
- Freeths
- Harbour Litigation Funding
- Hausfeld
- Maurice Blackburn
- Stephenson Harwood
Outstanding Advisor (UK & Europe-based): This award highlights the vital role of intermediaries who bridge the gap between claimholders and funders. It acknowledges outstanding performance in deal origination, structuring, and strategic advisory that enhances the efficiency and transparency of the funding ecosystem.
- Clarendon
- Exton Advisors
- Factor Risk Management
- S-RM
- Stewarts
- Versaras
Outstanding Advisor (US-based)
- Litigation Finance Advisors
- Red Bridges Advisors
- Sokol Advisors
- Westfleet Advisors
Most Innovative Legal Technology Provider: This award celebrates a technology company whose tools have transformed how disputes are assessed, managed, or funded. It recognises innovation that delivers measurable value to funders, law firms, and other stakeholders within the litigation finance ecosystem.
- Braegen AI
- Bridge Legal
- Darrow AI
- Lexity
- UnitedLex
Exceptional Commercial Law Firm: This award recognises a law firm that has demonstrated outstanding commercial litigation capability in collaboration with litigation funders. The firm will have a strong and trusted reputation and a proven track record of delivering high-value results for clients.
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
- Hausfeld
- Kobre & Kim
- Scott+Scott
Outstanding Arbitration Firm or Team: This award honours a legal team that has excelled in resolving commercial or investor-state disputes through arbitration, where funding played a role. It recognises advocacy, innovation, and successful outcomes in high-stakes or precedent-setting arbitral proceedings.
- Alston & Bird
- B. Cremades y Asociados
- Boies Schiller Flexner
- DLA Piper
- Freshfields
- Hogan Lovells
- King & Spalding
- Lalive
Exceptional Legal Services Provider for Litigation Funders (UK & EU-based): This award recognises law firms who provide direct and invaluable support to funders in creating deals, portfolio management, and other operational outputs. The firm will have a strong reputation in the sector for consistency, reliability, and excellence.
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Brown Rudnick
- Macfarlanes
Exceptional Legal Services Provider for Litigation Funders (US-based)
- Crowell & Moring
- Fox Rothchild
- Levenfeld Pearlstein
- McDermott, Will & Schulte
- McDonald Hopkins
- Parker Poe
Exceptional IP Litigation Firm: This award recognises a law firm that has demonstrated outstanding intellectual property/patent litigation capability in collaboration with litigation funders. The firm will have a strong and trusted reputation and a proven track record of delivering high-value results for clients.
- Bunsow De Mory
- Irell & Manella
- Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg
- Susman Godfrey