In collaboration with Republic Advisory services and U.S-based law firm Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, Ava Labs has announced the debut of Initial Litigation offering (ILO) using the Avalanche blockchain. This initiative will tap into the $10 billion litigation financing asset class to open up the market to more retail investors. Notably, the token is the first of its kind to be hosted within a blockchain ecosystem.

The initial ILO to be hosted on Avalanche blockchain will be a litigation financing towards an ongoing matter where the plaintiff Apothio LLC is accusing Kern County, California of unlawfully destroying 500 acres of Hemp; an estimated $1 billion according to market value. Apothio LLC, which specializes in the industrial research, development, and commercialization of cannabidiol oil (CBD), is expected to raise its ILO in Q1 2021.

Litigation funding, which is also dubbed ‘legal financing,’ is an avenue for plaintiffs to raise resources to sustain their court matters to the end. Before the ILO token launch on Avalanche, this process was generally centralized and mainly attracted institutional players such as LexShares, a leading litigation fund.

Well, the field has now been leveled by Avalanche’s ILO; each token will represent a legal claim to a portion of the potential financial recovery. However, the funders will have to bear the full risk of capital erasure if claims that they choose to back are unsuccessful. Ava Labs’ Kevin Sekniqi commented on the value proposition of decentralizing litigation funding,

“ILOs are a breakthrough for both individuals lacking the resources to seek remediation, and for retail investors who are often locked out of the most highly-performant asset classes.”

“They are fundamentally unique from any other investments, and the creation of the ILO marks the first time blockchain technology will be used to democratize financial products at a multi-billion-dollar scale.”

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