Case study: Controlling costs with disbursement finance
Learn how Burford helped a law firm control costs faced with the end of recoverability of CFA success fees and ATE premiums.
Law firm case studies
How Burford works with law firms
Case study: Bridging the gap between a firm’s billing model and its client’s budget
Learn how Burford helped a firm bridge the gap between its hourly fees and a client's legal budget—and secure a $110 million award.
Case study: International law firm portfolio
Learn how a $50 million international arbitration portfolio comprising current and future matters allowed a firm to expand its practice without increasing firm risk.
Case study: Law firm expands geographically
With backing from Burford, a law firm was able to provide its clients with broader access to innovative funding arrangements.
Case study: Expanding a firm's client base (not its risk profile)
Burford's financing enabled a law firm to streamline its funding process—allowing the firm to focus on litigating, not deal-making.
Case study: Single-case and secondary market transaction
Burford pioneered a secondary market for legal finance to ensure creditors could be made whole following the expropriation of an energy company.
Case study: Accelerating payment of fees at year end
See how a law firm resolved its short-term cash-flow problems at the end of the year by using legal finance.
Case study: Building new, high-value practice areas
Portfolio financing enabled a firm to increase contingency work without increasing risk exposure.
Case study: Fueling a law firm’s expansion of its plaintiff practice
See how a law firm used portfolio finance to attract new clients and grow its antitrust practice without exceeding the firm's tolerance for risk.
Investing in future growth
An equity investment from Burford enabled a Band 1 boutique to expand its ability to reach clients.
Case study: Providing urgently needed cash to a company with year-end financial obligations
Learn how Burford helped a law firm retain clients using full contingency fee arrangements while managing its overall risk exposure.
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Greg McPolin
Managing Director
- New York
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- gmcpolin@burfordcapital.com
- Former Chief Operations Officer, Thomson Reuters LMS
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Senior Vice President
- Chicago
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- Former Partner, Katten
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- cmurphy@burfordcapital.com
- Former Managing Director, BDO Advisory USA