Philipp Leibfried

Philipp Leibfried is a Managing Director at Burford Capital, where he leads Burford’s legal finance business across the United Kingdom and continental Europe. He works with companies and law firms to assess and underwrite legal risk in high-value litigation and arbitration, and oversees Burford’s international legal finance business and insurance activities.

Prior to assuming his current role, Philipp served as Burford’s UK/European Corporate Counsel.

Before joining Burford, he spent nearly a decade at Freshfields in London, where he trained and qualified as a corporate lawyer. His practice focused on public and private M&A transactions, with particular emphasis on financial institutions.

Philipp earned his BCL from the University of Oxford (Lincoln College) and his LLB from University College London. A native of Germany, he is fluent in German and English.

He is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.