Jörn Eschment

Dr. Jörn Eschment is a Managing Director at Burford Capital with responsibility for assessing and underwriting legal risk as part of Burford’s international legal finance team. He leads Burford’s legal finance activities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland and works with companies and law firms to originate new business, with a particular focus on arbitration, antitrust/competition and complex commercial litigation.

Prior to joining Burford, Jörn practiced international commercial arbitration and litigation at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in Hong Kong and Schellenberg Wittmer in Zurich, representing clients in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes involving energy, natural resources, construction and infrastructure projects.

Earlier in his career, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group and completed placements with the German Parliament and the Foreign Relations Office of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Jörn earned the German Staatsexamen, an LLM in European Law and a PhD in public international law, all with distinction. He also holds an MA from King’s College London. He is qualified in Switzerland and was previously a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong.