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Funding the Claim Is Not Owning the Claim: What Mariana Reveals About Litigation-Finance Rights

The Mariana dam litigation has exposed a private-asset problem that is usually hidden inside funding agreements: a claimant can own the cause of action, lawyers can control day-to-day litigation, a client committee may hold strategic authority, a litigation funder can finance the case and receive a share of proceeds, and none of those roles is automatically the same as owning or controlling the claim. Financial Times reporting in September 2026 described a dispute involving funder Gramercy,...

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A $1 Billion Claim Is Not a $1 Billion Asset: What 1MDB Shows About Recovery Rights

Liquidators of four companies have sued DBS Bank in Singapore for an estimated S$1.298 billion in damages in connection with 1MDB recovery efforts. DBS categorically rejects the claim and has made no provision for it. The case is a useful illustration of a broader private-asset problem: once the original money has moved or disappeared, the economically relevant asset can become a recovery right. But the amount claimed, the expected value of the claim, a judgment, cash actually recovered and...

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How to Prepare a Claim for Review in DaDepo

Follow a claim file from document upload and reviewed findings to an Asset Passport working record, with a separate route to issuance and controlled review. A practical example keeps a €4 million claim, a €1.2 million settlement and €400,000 collected distinct, and shows where to record ownership, security, funding and unanswered questions.

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A Claim Is Not Its Proceeds: What First Brands Reveals About Litigation Assets

First Brands’ failed Chapter 11 plan exposed a distinction that matters far beyond one bankruptcy: a legal cause of action, the future proceeds of that action, a lien over those proceeds, litigation funding and an economic interest in a litigation trust are not the same asset. The court rejected a proposed credit bid for certain estate claims where the lenders’ liens attached to proceeds rather than the claims themselves, while the wider plan depended on major future litigation recoveries....

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A Legal Claim, a Funding Right and a Security Are Not the Same Asset

Litigation finance is moving closer to institutional private credit: law-firm loans are being backed by expected fee receivables, portfolios are attracting larger pools of capital, and consumer legal-funding advances have been securitised. The opportunity is real—but so is the need to distinguish the underlying claim from the funding agreement, legal-fee receivable and investment security built around it.

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Claim Amount Is Not the Same as Asset Value

A claim may have a stated or calculated amount, but that figure is not automatically its value or likely transaction price. Learn how to distinguish the key figures and present them with appropriate context.

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What Makes a Claim Ready for Buyer Review?

A practical checklist of the documents, chronology, amount support, and gaps to resolve before presenting a claim for buyer review.

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