Litigation Finance · Portfolio Funding · Strategic Dispute Advisory · Asset Recovery · Legal Asset Monetization · Case Assessment · Enforcement Strategy
Fortalea Advisory is the strategic partner for claimants, law firms, and investors seeking to maximize the value of complex disputes.
About
The Firm
The strategic intelligence behind complex disputes.
Fortalea Advisory was founded by Claudia Linares — a lawyer with 15 years of experience in complex cross-border disputes, energy law, and litigation finance. Over eight of those years were spent inside leading litigation finance institutions, where she built and led international arbitration portfolios, assessed hundreds of cases across the world, and gained a deep understanding of how disputes are funded, resolved, and monetized.
That experience is rare. And it is precisely what Fortalea Advisory offers its clients.
Fortalea Advisory provides independent strategic advisory services to claimants, law firms, and investors. Working closely with CEOs, boards, in-house counsel, and legal teams, Fortalea Advisory draws on a trusted network of litigation funders, asset tracers, investigators, and local counsel across the globe — bringing the analytical rigor, market knowledge, and funder-side perspective that determines whether a dispute is pursued, funded, optimized, and ultimately resolved in the client’s favor.
For legal services, clients may be referred to Fortalea Law PLLC, a New York-based
international law firm specializing in international arbitration, cross-border litigation, enforcement of awards, and natural resources.
A different kind of international law firm — one that understands the economics of litigation.
Practice Areas
Focused expertise. Global reach.
Litigation Finance Advisory & Portfolio Funding
Fortalea Advisory helps claimants and law firms navigate the litigation finance market — from initial case assessment to funder selection, term negotiation, and portfolio construction. Drawing on over eight years of experience inside leading litigation finance institutions, Claudia brings an insider’s understanding of how funders evaluate cases, what they look for, and how to position a claim for maximum fundability. Fortalea Advisory also advises law firms and claimants on building and monetizing litigation portfolios, helping them structure arrangements that align interests and optimize returns.
Strategic Dispute Advisory
Fortalea Advisory works with CEOs, boards, and in-house counsel at every stage of a dispute — from early case assessment and strategy development before proceedings begin, to ongoing advisory support on case optimization and settlement analysis once a dispute is underway. The goal is always the same: ensuring clients have a sophisticated, financially-informed perspective at every critical decision point.
Asset Recovery & Enforcement Strategy
A favorable award or judgment is only valuable if it can be collected. Fortalea Advisory helps clients develop and execute comprehensive asset recovery and enforcement strategies — working closely with leading asset tracers and investigators to locate assets across jurisdictions, and coordinating with local counsel worldwide to apply pressure and get the money.
Asset recovery is finding the money. Enforcement strategy is getting it.
Legal Asset Monetization
Legal claims are assets. Fortalea Advisory helps clients understand, structure, and monetize the value embedded in their legal positions — whether through litigation funding, monetization agreements, settlement optimization, or other financial structures. Drawing on deep experience at the intersection of law and finance, Fortalea Advisory provides the strategic and financial analysis needed to turn a legal asset into tangible value.
For Law Firms
Portfolio Construction and Single Case Funding.
Litigation finance is reshaping how law firms manage risk, grow their practices, and deliver value to clients. Fortalea Advisory works directly with law firms — from boutiques to full-service practices — to help them build sustainable litigation portfolios and navigate the funding of single high-value matters.
Portfolios offer law firms significant advantages over single case funding — including better economics, diversified risk, and greater flexibility in how costs and returns are structured across matters. An established portfolio relationship with a funder also strengthens a firm’s business development capabilities, enabling it to attract more matters and offer clients a broader range of financial solutions from the outset.
Whether you are looking to construct a portfolio of funded cases or explore funding for a specific matter, Fortalea Advisory brings the insider knowledge that matters most: how funders think, what they look for, and how to present a case for maximum fundability.
For Women in Law
Litigation finance is one of the most powerful — and underutilized — tools available to women attorneys looking to build a book of business, attract high-value cases, and advance their careers.
Fund Her Practice is a Fortalea Advisory program designed exclusively for women at law firms — associates and partners alike — who want to understand how litigation finance works, how to leverage it in their practice, and how to use it as a strategic tool for growth. Through one-on-one sessions and group discussions, the program equips women attorneys with the knowledge and confidence to bring litigation finance to their clients, differentiate their practice, and build the kind of book that accelerates career advancement.
Fund Her Practice is led by Claudia Linares — a lawyer with 15 years of professional experience across law practice and litigation finance, and a longstanding advocate for women in the legal profession.
Fund Her Practice is coming soon. To register your interest, get in touch.
Global Reach
Serving clients across every major jurisdiction.
Operating from New York, Fortalea Law engages in disputes that span continents — coordinating with trusted local counsel across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and appearing before the world’s foremost arbitral institutions and courts.