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Burford Briefings

Burford Briefings offer a unique opportunity for legal and business leaders to engage in high-level, topical discussions with a small group of peers. 
Each event explores a timely theme or topic, fostering fresh insights and candid conversation.

To learn more or request a meeting related to any of our upcoming events, email [email protected].

 

Upcoming events

Burford Briefing: The London Disputes Report 2026

16 September | 12:30pm BST  | London

As legal departments face growing pressure to balance cost, risk and recovery, disputes are increasingly being evaluated as strategic business decisions. This invitation-only lunch will discuss the findings of the London Disputes Report 2026, exploring how leading organizations are approaching litigation, enforcement and legal finance in an evolving disputes landscape.

This is an invitation-only event, for more information, please reach out to [email protected] 

Burford Briefing: Enforcing PRC judgments beyond borders

20 October | 8:30AM BST | London

As Chinese judgment debtors become increasingly sophisticated in shielding assets, enforcement efforts must be equally clever. This breakfast panel will bring together leading international practitioners to examine how PRC judgments and arbitral awards can be recognized and enforced abroad against Chinese nationals and their assets.

This is an invitation-only event, for more information, please reach out to [email protected] 

Burford Briefing: Beyond the final whistle

10 November | 6:30pm GMT  | London

“Somebody said football is a matter of life and death… I can assure you, it is much more important than that.— Bill Shankly

As sport has developed into a global industry, disputes with and between governing bodies, in relation to ownership, about the division of the growing financial benefits, involving rightsholders and in relation to media contracts have grown in scale, frequency and complexity. This dinner will explore the changing nature of sports disputes, the challenges they present and how they are likely to develop in the years ahead.

This is an invitation-only event, for more information, please reach out to [email protected] 

Past events

Burford Briefing: Ten years of collective redress: Looking back and forward

28 April | 8:30am BST  | London

A decade after the UK’s collective actions reform, the opt-out regime has become a powerful tool for corporate accountability. This breakfast roundtable explored ways to streamline the path from certification to resolution, deliver remedies efficiently and adapt the regime to new categories of harm without risking overreach.

Beyond the wallet: Locating and enforcing against digital assets

On-demand replay | Webcast

In our recent webinar, a panel of experts discussed cross-border digital asset enforcement and recovery.

Burford Briefing: The art of winning over the tribunal

25 February | 12:30pm – 2:30pm GMT  | London

From the construction of arguments to the nuances of tribunal response, advocacy in commercial arbitration is both art and strategy. This lunch roundtable offered an intimate discussion of what really happens inside the arbitration room and how advocates can win over the tribunal by navigating bias and dynamics that shape outcomes.