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2023 Directory recognition

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Harbour has featured in a number of leading directories this year including Chambers and Partners and Legal 500. Chambers and Partners is an international legal directory that ranks law firms and individual lawyers based on their technical legal ability, client service, and other factors. Legal 500 is another reputable legal directory that provides rankings and […]

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How can litigators add even more value to their firm?

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Maurice MacSweeney, director of legal finance and sales planning at Harbour, discusses how law firms can improve their profitability even amid economic uncertainty. As law firms announce their financial results, it appears for many that a rise in revenue is not matched by a rise in net profit, as salary wars, inflation and other costs […]

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Slater and Gordon agree £33m committed facility with Harbour

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Leading UK consumer law firm Slater and Gordon has agreed a £33 million committed facility with litigation funder and lender to law firms, Harbour, in what is believed to be one of the largest lending deals in the sector this year. Slater and Gordon firm will use Harbour’s capital to invest in developing its consumer […]

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Bamboo Group acquires Midlands law firm as platform growth continues

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Midlands law firm Hawkins Hatton has become the fifth practice to join the Bamboo Group, the ground-breaking platform that allows solicitors to launch, build or sell their law firms. The acquisition has been facilitated with a credit facility from Harbour, the world’s largest independent litigation funder, which has added law firm financing and lending to […]

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Rothley Law acquires Shoosmiths’ private client team as its gears up for national growth

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Midlands-based Rothley Law, has acquired the entire private client business of Shoosmiths encompassing teams in wealth protection, disputed wills & trusts, and Court of Protection. The 41-strong team, led by partners Melissa Maple, Adam Draper and Lucy Taylor, will operate from offices in Birmingham, Leicester, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes and Reading. Existing clients will also […]

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Litigation Funders: The key to unlocking growth.

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Maurice MacSweeney explains how funders are evolving beyond single-case litigation Litigation finance as a concept is not new—indeed, regulation of it first arose in medieval England. But its use as a tool to support those involved in commercial litigation and arbitration is much more recent, having entered the mainstream in many of the world’s major […]

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