ABS Strategy

Structured requests for legal asset pools.

Criterica Capital helps structure legal asset pool requests with attention to three ABS-permissive jurisdictions: Arizona, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

We bring the same case-level underwriting discipline we apply to individual matters to the formation of legal asset pools — organized by case type, jurisdiction, and duration.

What This Is

Legal finance ABS pools settlement receivables from multiple cases and makes them available to capital partners as a single vehicle. Rather than funding cases one at a time, a pool distributes risk across a diversified set of matters — different case types, jurisdictions, and expected timelines. Case outcomes drive performance.

Our Approach

Criterica Capital helps evaluate and prepare requests for ABS-permissive structures, applying the same review process it uses for individual requests. We do not change what we look for in a case. We apply it consistently whether a request is for a single plaintiff or a broader capital pool.

Supported Jurisdictions
Arizona
Active
Non-lawyer ownership of legal practices is permitted under Arizona Supreme Court Rule 33, adopted in 2021. Arizona is one of the few US jurisdictions where ABS-permissive capital structures are available for legal finance.
United Kingdom
Active
Alternative Business Structures have been permitted under the Legal Services Act 2007. England and Wales provides an established legal framework for outside capital participation in legal practices.
Australia
Active
Litigation funding is regulated by ASIC under the Corporations Act. Australia has a mature litigation funding market with established practice across NSW and federal courts.
How a Pool Is Formed
Step 1
Case-level review
Each matter is individually evaluated before inclusion in a capital pool.
Step 2
Pool formation
Cases are grouped by type, jurisdiction, and expected duration.
Step 3
Provider decision
Independent capital providers decide whether to fund the pool. Tracking follows case milestones.
Step 4
Settlement & return
Returns, if any, depend on how matters resolve. Pool performance is reported to the pool's capital partners.
Underwriting Standards

Every case included in a pool Criterica Capital prepares goes through the same review it applies to individual requests: liability assessment, damages analysis, attorney track record, and jurisdictional considerations. We do not relax standards at the pool level. Capital partners can expect consistent case review across the portfolio.

How We Underwrite

Every financing request Criterica Capital prepares is evaluated against outcomes, not collateral. Our models are trained on real court records across US federal courts, state courts, and international jurisdictions.

We assess jurisdiction-level recovery rates, case-type outcome distributions, time-to-resolution curves, and attorney performance history before a request is prepared for independent capital providers.

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Outcome models
Predictive models for each case type and jurisdiction
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Court record depth
Verified decisions used in model training
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Jurisdiction calibration
Circuit, district, and state-level recovery benchmarks
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Recovery modeling
Expected value, settlement range, and duration estimates per case
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