Claim management for complex litigation

Complex claims.
One accountable operator.

LFC helps litigation funders and law firms originate, structure, onboard and manage high-volume claims across Germany and Europe—all through one in-house team.

€1.5bn+claims under management
11active projects
18full-time employees
~7,000claimants onboarded in 2025
01 / The operating layer

Built for funders and law firms

The work between legal strategy and enforcement.

Complex portfolios do not fail for lack of legal thinking alone. They stall in sourcing, contracts, data, claimant communication, economics and administration.

LFC takes ownership of that operational layer—so funders can protect invested capital and lawyers can stay focused on the case.

02 / Capabilities

Full claim lifecycle

One operating partner, from signal to distribution.

Eight connected capabilities. One trained team. A single line of accountability across the portfolio.

Build the portfolio

  • Identify

    Market & stakeholder intelligence

    Map viable claims, priority accounts, decision-makers and the routes to reach them.

  • Originate

    Claimant sourcing & bookbuilding

    Run targeted, account-led campaigns and secure intake across European markets.

  • Structure

    Claim vehicles & administration

    Set up joinders, RDG-registered SPVs or full-purchase structures around the case.

  • Contract

    Contract management & KYC

    Coordinate corporate checks, signatures, evidence and secure document storage.

Operate the claim

  • Prepare

    Data & document preparation

    Turn claimant data into court-ready evidence, annexes and auditable data rooms.

  • Quantify

    Economic consulting

    Build empirical damage analyses, expert opinions and negotiation-ready evidence.

  • Support

    Claimant support office

    Provide multilingual call, email and postal support through a trained in-house team.

  • Distribute

    Compliant payment services

    Validate accounts, document payment histories and manage distribution at scale.

03 / Our approach

Funder-first by design

Operational depth without another layer of complexity.

We surface issues early, deploy the right capacity and keep every hand-off inside one accountable operating model.

In-house quality

No outsourcing or subcontracting. Claimant support, data, contracts and project operations stay with our own trained team.

Technology with judgment

A proprietary processing platform uses AI, RPA and OCR to scale repetitive work—while experienced operators keep control.

Economics built in

Integrated damage quantification through Econify connects claimant data, expert evidence and litigation strategy.

Elastic project teams

Capacity expands or contracts with the matter, avoiding fixed overhead while preserving process knowledge and continuity.

04 / Track record

A year of disciplined scale

Operating evidence, not aspiration.

LFC expanded its team, platform and matter portfolio while bringing thousands of claimants into contract.

~7,000claimants onboarded and contractually closed
€300m+total value of claims filed in court
10 → 18full-time employees as the team expanded

Three ongoing projects acquired from other servicing firms

New claimant onboarding application built for tens of thousands of claims

05 / Case spotlight

Booking.com parity clauses

Pan-European scale, coordinated as one portfolio.

A hospitality-sector antitrust matter that demonstrates the operational range LFC brings to complex claim bundling and management.

Claimants7,000+ cedents
Reach15,000 hotels
Affected revenue€7bn+
Claim period2004–2024
LFC’s role
  • Bookbuilding & origination
  • Project management
  • Data preparation
  • Contract management
  • Economic consulting

Selected case experience

Built for portfolios where detail becomes scale.

Antitrust, consumer and shareholder claims across Germany and Europe.

MatterTypeScaleClaim context
Booking.com parity clausesAntitrust · Europe7,000+ cedents · 15,000 hotels€7bn+ affected revenue
EU Truck CartelAntitrust · Europe1,000+ claimants · 55,000 trucks€3bn+ affected revenue
VW / Porsche shareholder claimsShareholder700 claimants€100m claim
Quarto Plate CartelAntitrust15 claimants€102m claim
06 / Claim structures

Structure follows the matter

Flexible vehicles. Fully administered.

Joinder of claimants

Individual funding agreements with each claimant, joining as co-plaintiffs in a single action.

Assignment model / SPV

Claims assigned to an RDG-registered special-purpose vehicle that litigates as sole plaintiff.

Full claim purchase

Outright acquisition with compliant payment flows and coordinated funder agreements.

LFC also provides the operating infrastructure around the vehicle: legal entity formation, office services, management, ownership and trusteeship.

07 / Economics

Econify · sister company

Economic evidence that can carry the case.

Econify combines academic rigour with practical litigation experience—from claimant data and damage models to expert opinions, negotiations and hearings.

40+years of combined academic and practical expertise
  • Empirical damage quantification
  • Expert opinions for court proceedings
  • Negotiation and hearing support
08 / Network

Trusted relationships

At home in the litigation ecosystem.

Experience working alongside leading funders and plaintiff-side law firms connects execution with the people who shape the case.

Litigation funders
FourWorld CapitalTransAtlantis / BowStreetDeminorBurfordFortress
Law firms
HausfeldWillkieGeradin PartnersBrande & VerheijLieff CabraserNieding & BarthSGP

Start a conversation

Let’s make the next complex case operationally simple.

info@litigationfinancing.de

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60329 Frankfurt am Main

+49 69 34 86 87 75 0
info@litigationfinancing.de
Managing Directors

Dr. Adrian Fritzsche · Stefan Rühle