Global Arbitration Review reports on recent hires, including Jeffery Commission, who joins Burford from a rival funder and was previously at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. GAR also notes two recent additions to Burford’s team, Philipp Leibfried, who joined as Burford’s UK/European corporate counsel, and James MacKinnon, who joined as a member of Burford’s underwriting and investing team in Hong Kong.
