Jeffery Commission

Director and Head of Arbitration, Washington

+1 202 873 1566

Jeffery Commission is a Director and Head of Arbitration at Burford Capital with responsibility for overseeing Burford’s underwriting and investment activity in investor-state and international commercial arbitration. He is a recognized authority in international arbitration and investment law, with extensive experience advising on high-value cross-border disputes.

Experience

Vannin Capital

Investment Director
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Senior Associate, International Arbitration Group
Linklaters

Associate
Philippe Sands QC

Research Assistant
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Associate

Education

University College London

LLM
McGill University

BCL
McGill University

LLB
York University

BA

Recognition

Chambers and Partners

Band 1 - Litigation Funding: International Arbitration

2026

WWL

Thought Leaders - Third-Party Funding - USA

2020-2025

Leaders League

USA - Leading Funders for Arbitration

2023-2025

Lawdragon

100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance - Investor-State, International Commercial Arbitration

2019-2020, 2023-2025

Notable news and publications

Burford Quarterly Behind the curtain of commercial arbitration: Christopher Bogart and Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof in conversation

Burford Quarterly Compliance with and enforcement of investor-state arbitration awards: Testing the datasets

Burford Quarterly Expert insights: Construction dispute trends

Burford Quarterly Arbitration finance in the mainstream: 208 funded arbitrations in 2023

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Experience

Vannin Capital

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Linklaters

Philippe Sands QC

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Education

University College London

McGill University

McGill University

York University

Recognition

Notable news and publications

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