A strategic tool for the modern disputes lawyer
Join disputes lawyers at leading firms who are using SettleIndex to make better decisions, increase client satisfaction and manage risks.
Join disputes lawyers at leading firms who are using SettleIndex to make better decisions, increase client satisfaction and manage risks.
Better case strategy
Lever your legal skills and experience to value complex cases, identify settlements and chart the best course.
More client satisfaction
Manage expectations, align with your clients and impress the CFO by translating your professional advice into numbers.
Better risk management
Keep valued clients, demonstrate proper risk advice and help your firm share and get better with experience.
My case is really complex, how do I work out its value?
SettleIndex enables you to create a logical map of the issues in your case and model the financial impact of potential outcomes. Using your judgment of how likely outcomes are to occur, we then help you understand what the case is worth based on the principles of decision analysis.
How can I find a reasonable settlement range between parties?
Understanding what the case is worth to you is the first step in identifying a reasonable settlement value. However, SettleIndex enables you to go further and reflect how you believe your opponent may be viewing the case, which helps identify settlement ranges between parties based on the risk to each side.
How can we leverage learnings from previous disputes?
SettleIndex stores structured data on cases, which can be a valuable source of reference for future disputes and creating a range of insights – from how well lawyers are able to forecast settlement values to when is the optimum point to settle a dispute.
Why should I not continue to rely on experience and ‘gut feel’ when working out the value of my cases?
SettleIndex depends on your experience and gut feel to work out the value of cases; but helps you and your colleagues do it better and more transparently.
My client wants to settle – how can I persuade them that further investigation is necessary?
SettleIndex enables you to create a clear cost/benefit analysis of different courses of action to help demonstrate whether continued litigation or settlement is most beneficial.
My client has unrealistic expectations – how can I bring them down to reality?
Once a case is formatted into a financial model it becomes difficult to argue with the output. SettleIndex helps you manage client expectations around potential recovery, risks and costs.
My client is good with numbers – how do I impress them with our capability?
SettleIndex converts legal advice into financial models, enabling you to back up your advice with financial analysis.
How can we offer clients a predictable process for resolving disputes?
Routinely modelling cases in SettleIndex will give clients a repeatable experience and a feeling of control and purpose. Our Case History feature allows you to quickly identify where cases are diverging from their planned path.
How can SettleIndex help me and my firm learn from experience?
SettleIndex tracks how the potential settlement value of a dispute changes over time. Comparing the actual eventual settlement with assessments of the case at various stages can help identify how cases typically progress against forecasts.
How can I prove I gave my client proper information about the risks of litigation?
Taking your client through a considered risk model will be strong evidence that you have given your client proper advice about risk. Whether your advice is to reject or take a settlement offer, basing it on a well constructed financial valuation is fundamental to discharging your duty.
How can we understand where the inflection points are in a case?
SettleIndex enables you to track how cases are progressing with visual dashboards and reports, helping you understand, visualise and communicate at what point settlement may be a better outcome than continued litigation.
Turn dispute uncertainty into decision-ready insight.
Give legal, finance and leadership teams a consistent view of settlement value, exposure and changing risk.
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