End-to-end management
One team, from the initial review to the Court's ruling
From the initial review to the documentation and the procedure itself, we handle the case so you don't have to navigate an international court alone. A single point of accountability across eligibility, drafting, filing, hearings, and enforcement.
How it works
Four steps, and at each one you know what you provide and what we do.
We take on what there is
We gather the documents, assess the claim and set the strategy for all three phases at once. You know from the start where the whole route is going.
Claim and title
The debt is claimed before the debtor body through that country’s route, until there is a final, enforceable ruling in your name.
Application and judgment
With the domestic title final and still unpaid, the case moves to the European Court of Human Rights, where the State answers for what its bodies have not paid.
Enforcement against the State
The European judgment is enforced until the money reaches your account. One point of contact for the whole route, without changing firm along the way.
What the engagement covers
Point by point, what we take on.
What we take on
- Initial assessment of the claim
- Claim before the debtor body
- Application and representation before the ECHR
- Enforcement of the European judgment
The coordination
- A single point of contact for all three phases
- Local lawyers in each jurisdiction
- One unified timeline for the route
- Periodic status report
The paperwork
- Initial opinion
- Copy of every submission as filed
- Rulings and judgments
- Final reconciliation of the sum received
Who engages us for this
The creditor profiles that most often arrive at this engagement.
How we work
Six commitments that hold across all six engagements.
We tell you no first
If the claim cannot be pursued, you hear it before anything is signed. A file that cannot prosper is no use to anyone.
A local lawyer in every country
The domestic phase is run by someone who litigates in that forum every day. The European phase we run ourselves, because it is the same everywhere.
The lawyer who briefs you is the one who runs it
The file does not change hands when the meeting ends. Whoever receives you is who signs the submissions.
The deadlines of the procedure, not estimates
You get the dates the rules set, not an optimistic guess. When a deadline cannot be extended, we say so before we start.
Everything in writing
Each phase ends in a document you can take to your board: the opinion, the submission as filed, the ruling.
Nothing you cannot check
Every statement about case law comes with its judgment and its application number. You can verify it yourself on HUDOC.
Further reading
Three articles that go into the detail.
Municipal Debt Recovery
From a final domestic ruling to a European verdict — the ECHR pipeline explained.
State Non-Payment at Strasbourg: What We Watch
A standing review of the judgments, pilot procedures and execution decisions that move the needle for creditors owed money by a State — and how to read them.
Recovering Municipal Debts
When domestic enforcement stalls, Strasbourg becomes the pathway to recovery.
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