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Mark Klein

General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer, New York

Mark Klein is General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer and oversees Burford’s global legal and regulatory initiatives. He manages Burford’s transactional, securities and reporting, litigation, compliance and regulatory functions and is a member of Burford's Management Committee.

Prior to joining Burford, Mr. Klein spent 13 years at UBS in a wide range of corporate roles, including as Managing Director and General Counsel of its infrastructure and private equity funds and funds of funds business. Most recently, he was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Marketfield Asset Management, a large US-registered investment adviser. Prior to that, Mr. Klein was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at NewGlobe Capital, a registered investment adviser. Mr. Klein began his career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he worked on public and private mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital markets and securities law.

Experience

  • Marketfield Asset Management

    General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

  • UBS

    Managing Director and General Counsel

  • Weil, Gotshal & Manges

    Associate

Education

  • New York University School of Law

    JD

  • Yeshiva University

    BA