The Slaney Group

Bringing clarity to complexity
Turning challenge into opportunity
Transforming complex situations into positive outcomes for over 20 years

We find the signal in the noise

The Slaney Group combines expertise across finance, law, strategy and information technology and delivers outcomes through three interconnected business areas:

Slaney Advisors, Slaney Sustainable Finance—our impact arm—and our AI-powered SOVREN^© Suite

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Slaney Advisors Limited

Turning legal and financial complexity into opportunity

Founded in 2007 by experts in international arbitration and sovereign debt, Slaney Advisors provides principal-level strategic advice on complex legal and financial situations. We work with corporates, investors, creditors, sovereigns and other stakeholders to structure transactions, unlock value from illiquid assets, access capital and resolve difficult financial challenges.

We take a first-principles approach to litigation claims, awards and judgments: where appropriate, we treat them as financial assets and liabilities.
This opens the credit toolkit to solutions including monetisation, structured settlements, refinancing, distressed debt transfer and liquidity provision. Drawing on expertise across international arbitration, sovereign debt and capital markets, we help claimants, creditors and debtors identify and execute solutions that may not be available through conventional legal approaches.
We advise sovereigns, creditors and investors on complex sovereign financing and debt situations.
Our work spans liability management and restructuring, capital-markets transactions, sovereign claims, financing structures and investor engagement. We bring legal, financial and market perspectives together to develop practical solutions tailored to each situation and its financing objectives.
We provide principal-level strategic advice to investors operating across emerging and frontier markets throughout the investment lifecycle — from market entry and transaction structuring to risk management, dispute resolution and exit.
We help clients anticipate and manage cross-border investment risks, including ownership and shareholder protections, joint ventures, tax and repatriation issues, intellectual property and investment-treaty protection.
Our aim is straightforward: to help ensure that foreign investment is not a step into the unknown, but a well-structured, protected and informed opportunity.
We advise on complex and non-conventional situations where specialist capital, structuring expertise or an alternative approach may be required.
Drawing on a longstanding network of institutional investors, specialist funds, financial institutions and other capital providers, we help clients identify appropriate financing partners and structure executable solutions.
On a highly selective basis, we may also facilitate co-investment opportunities alongside trusted partners.

Slaney Sustainable Finance

Developing sustainable financing solutions for a more resilient world

Slaney Sustainable Finance is the impact arm of The Slaney Group. We work with sovereigns and sub-sovereigns and international partners to develop financing and risk solutions that strengthen fiscal resilience, improve access to capital and support sustainable development.

Through Slaney Sustainable Finance, we don't simply respond to the existing financial architecture, we participate in developing better approaches.

We help governments develop financing strategies and debt structures that strengthen resilience while preserving the fiscal space needed for long-term development.
Our work includes resilient and state-contingent debt instruments, liability management, sustainable financing structures and approaches that better align the cost, risk and quality of public borrowing with long-term fiscal objectives.
Our aim is to help governments meet today's financing needs without unnecessarily constraining tomorrow's choices.
We help governments identify, assess and manage risks that can create unexpected pressure on public finances.
Drawing on expertise across sovereign debt, legal risk and innovative finance, we develop practical approaches to risk mitigation and risk transfer designed to protect fiscal space and strengthen financial resilience.
This can include contingent liabilities, litigation and judgment exposure, climate and disaster-related risks and other sources of fiscal vulnerability.
We work with philanthropic foundations, development partners, impact investors and other institutions to mobilise catalytic capital and support financing solutions in emerging and developing economies.
We also develop technical-assistance programmes, practical tools and knowledge products that help governments and market participants build capacity and translate new financing approaches into practice.

The SOVREN^© Suite

Rebalancing information asymmetry for strategic advantage

SOVREN^© is The Slaney Group's AI-powered analytical suite, developed to address the information asymmetries that characterise complex and illiquid markets.

Combining technology with The Slaney Group's legal and financial expertise, SOVREN^© transforms fragmented information into stuctured analysis and actionable intelligence.

The SOVREN^© Suite supports more informed valuation, risk assessment and decision-making in markets where conventional data and analytical approaches may be insufficient.

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"Slaney Advisors coordinated the full recovery of all monies we were owed under an international arbitration award. The recovery included the payment of all past due interest as well as our expenses. We are happy to recommend them."

Director, UK Construction Group
"Slaney Advisors provided innovative insight on how best to monetise our award, and helped us run an efficient and competitive auction process to ensure we got a good deal."

General Counsel, European Investment Fund Manager

Resources

The Slaney Group regularly publishes Slaney Insights available exclusively on The Slaney Group website.

The Slaney team also contributes to third party publications and media reports. Links to these articles, policy papers and media references are available in Press & Publications.

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Our Team

Peter R Griffin

Founder
Peter has over 30 years’ experience in international arbitration and litigation and extensive experience in the enforcement and collection of international judgments and arbitral awards, with a particular focus on sovereign claims. He has successfully enforced claims against sovereigns in the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients.
Peter founded Slaney Advisors in 2007 and pioneered the field of arbitration monetisation.
Peter practices international arbitration and litigation in a global law firm. He was formerly a partner at Shearman & Sterling and Baker Botts. He is dual qualified (New York and Paris), with a background in both common law and civil law.
Starla Griffin

Co-Founder & Managing Director
Starla is Managing Director at Slaney Advisors and leads Slaney Sustainable Finance. She is also a Senior Advisor at the Sustainable Sovereign Debt Hub, where she leads the London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt.

Her expertise covers international debt capital markets, sovereign debt restructurings, currency derivatives, financial instrument development, and investor-state arbitration.

She also advises philanthropic organisations on development finance and adaptation & resilience strategies for emerging and developing markets.

Starla is a New York-qualified lawyer and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). She is an adjunct professor at Tulane Law School.
Dr Nyangasi Oduwo

Africa Head & Infrastructure Finance
Dr Nyangasi Oduwo is a sovereign finance, infrastructure finance, and sustainable development specialist with over 15 years advising African governments, multilateral development banks, DFIs, philanthropies, and institutional investors.

He currently serves as Consultant – Development Finance for Africa with the Sovereign Sustainable Debt Hub, supporting debt sustainability, fiscal space, and innovative sovereign financing.

His expertise spans sovereign debt strategy, blended and climate finance, infrastructure investment, and capital market development, with advisory experience at AUDA-NEPAD, UNECA, the World Bank, and the European Commission.
Kathryn Brady

Executive Assistant

Kathryn is Executive Assistant at Slaney Advisors, and has been with Slaney since its founding in 2007.
At Slaney, Kathryn oversees the office administration and coordinates Slaney’s global network of experts to support our practice in awards and claims monetisations and sovereign recoveries.
Kathryn has worked as a legal secretary for over 25 years in international law firms in both the United Kingdom and New Zealand, supporting lawyers in both corporate and arbitration practices.
Tobias Griffin

Head of SOVREN Suite & Senior Analyst

Tobias Griffin is a Senior Analyst at The Slaney Group. He leads the SOVREN Suite team and supports Slaney Group's sovereign debt and international arbitration teams.
Tobias has experience across multiple adjacent fields, including critical minerals research, venture capital and restructurings, and the defence technology industry.

Tobias previously worked for Alastar Partners and Darksaber Labs.