Vanessa Biondo

Vice President, New York

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Vanessa Biondo is a Vice President at Burford Capital with responsibility for originating legal finance opportunities with US law firms and companies. She works closely with law firms to build relationships and identify opportunities to use legal finance to create value for their clients.

Prior to joining Burford, Vanessa was a partner at Mayer Brown. She also served as general counsel of Success Academy Charter Schools and was a partner at Harris St. Laurent.

Vanessa earned her JD, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and her BA, magna cum laude, from Princeton University. She is also fluent in Italian.

Experience

Mayer Brown LLP

Partner
Success Academy Charter Schools

General Counsel
Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP

Partner

Education

Georgetown University Law Center

JD, cum laude
Princeton University

BA, magna cum laude

Notable news and publications

Blog Beyond the class: How legal finance is changing the economics of antitrust claims

Blog 5 minutes with... Vanessa Biondo

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Experience

Mayer Brown LLP

Success Academy Charter Schools

Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP

Education

Georgetown University Law Center

Princeton University

Notable news and publications

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