Legal finance for CFOs
CFOs can add value to the enterprise by collaborating with legal to unlock the asset value of pending legal claims, judgments and awards—turning them into a source of working capital rather than a drain on corporate resources. As they do so, legal finance is an essential tool to enhance liquidity and reduce risk.
2021 Legal Asset Report: A Survey of Finance Professionals
Research with senior financial officers in the US, UK and Australia reveals how finance and legal teams can bring a value-generating mindset to the legal department. Download Burford's 2021 Legal Asset Report to learn how some CFOs are enhancing liquidity and reducing risk.
Videos
Burford Insights: How do we model and quantify legal risk?
Learn how lawyers value litigation, key criteria Burford considers when modeling litigation risk and how corporations should think about modeling their litigation outcomes.
Accelerating Fortune 100 company’s claim value for immediate working capital
Learn how a $75 million advance from Burford reduced a US-based Fortune 100 company’s opportunity cost and increased its liquidity and growth trajectory.
4 Finance solutions for GCs and CFOs
A five-minute read answering the common question: “Which legal finance solution solves my business need?”
Maximizing litigation recoveries
Learn how recovery programs can be a cash-generating tool by which legal departments can add quantifiable value to their organization and offset other unavoidable legal costs—sometimes dramatically so.
Roundtable: CFOs share what they wish their legal teams and law firms would do differently
Three finance professionals share how they think about litigation assets (and why affirmative recovery programs can be challenging).
Schedule an introduction to legal finance
We welcome opportunities to introduce corporate legal and finance teams to core legal finance concepts and opportunities. Please email or call us directly to learn more about how Burford can help.
Greg McPolin
Managing Director
- New York
- +1 646 849 9411
- gmcpolin@burfordcapital.com
- Former Chief Operations Officer, Thomson Reuters LMS