Andrew Cohen

Andrew Cohen is a Managing Director and serves as Burford’s Chief Strategic Operations Officer, with responsibility for shaping key initiatives across the investment lifecycle. He also oversees the execution of Burford’s valuation policy and engages on public policy and regulatory matters affecting the legal finance industry.

Prior to joining Burford, Andrew was a litigator at Debevoise & Plimpton, where he specialized in litigation and regulatory matters involving financial institutions, complex financial products and intellectual property disputes. He regularly represented financial institutions and public companies before state attorneys general, the SEC and the DOJ in investigations involving auction rate securities, mortgage-backed securities, accounting issues and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.

Andrew earned his JD from Columbia Law School, where he was a Stone Scholar and an editor of the Law Review. He also holds a BS and BA from Binghamton University.