Jörn Eschment

Managing Director, Switzerland

+41 415 620 384

Dr. Jörn Eschment is a Managing Director at Burford Capital with responsibility for assessing and underwriting legal risk as part of Burford’s international legal finance team. He leads Burford’s legal finance activities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland and works with companies and law firms to originate new business, with a particular focus on arbitration, antitrust/competition and complex commercial litigation.

Experience

Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong

Senior Associate
Registered Foreign Lawyer
Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich

Senior Associate
The Boston Consulting Group, Stuttgart

Visiting Associate
Foreign Relations Office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin

Policy Research Intern
German Parliament, Berlin

Policy Research Intern
Supreme Court, Zurich

Rechtsanwalt - Admission to the Swiss Bar (all Swiss courts)

Education

University of Marburg

PhD
Adenauer Scholar
Universities of Freiburg, Marburg & Passau

JD, Staatsexamen
Adenauer Scholar
King’s College London

MA
University of Liverpool

LLM
Adenauer and Dean's Prize Scholar

Recognition

Chambers and Partners

Band 1 - Europe-wide Litigation Funding

2023-2026

Lexology

Client Choice Award and Global Elite Thought Leader – Third Party Funding

2025

Lexology

Thought Leaders – Third-Party Funding

2020-2024

Leaders League

Europe – Litigation Funding

2025

Notable news and publications

Blog More than 300,000 transactions, one action: Germany's highest civil court endorses assignment model

Blog Shifting gears in Germany’s automotive disputes landscape

Blog Fair value on trial: Why the new 2025 IPEV guidelines could mean more valuation disputes

Burford Quarterly A strategic solution for modern business challenges

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Experience

Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong

Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich

The Boston Consulting Group, Stuttgart

Foreign Relations Office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin

German Parliament, Berlin

Supreme Court, Zurich

Education

University of Marburg

Universities of Freiburg, Marburg & Passau

King’s College London

University of Liverpool

Recognition

Notable news and publications

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