Inside the New Burford Quarterly: Navigating Global Business Disputes

New York, October 16, 2025 – Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today releases its latest Burford Quarterly, a journal of legal finance that explores the top trends at the nexus of law and finance.  

This edition of The Burford Quarterly showcases how legal finance provides liquidity and offsets risk amid evolving market pressures and economic headwinds. The Quarterly delves into the strategic and practical dimensions of legal finance across sectors including pharma and construction and details how Burford’s innovative leadership helps companies and law firms navigate complex disputes.

“The landscape of business disputes is evolving rapidly, with companies facing increasingly complex litigation, regulatory scrutiny and cross-border challenges,” said David Perla, Vice Chair at Burford Capital. “Legal finance is no longer just a financing tool—it’s a strategic resource that helps businesses unlock capital tied up in legal claims and manage risk across portfolios. This edition of The Burford Quarterly highlights how businesses can move ahead with greater confidence by offsetting legal risk through legal finance solutions."

Articles in the Burford Quarterly No.4 2025 include:

·         Financing the future of law: A dialogue with Kindleworth and Burford Capital

Burford’s Chief Development Officer Travis Lenkner, Kindleworth co-founder James Hacking and partner Mike Estill discuss the strategic drivers behind Burford’s new strategic minority investment in Kindleworth, a specialist in the launch and management of market-leading law firms, and how innovation is shaping the future of the legal profession and the business of law. 

·         Making the case for legal finance in the generic drug market

Generic and branded pharmaceutical companies face significant litigation and development expenses when bringing products to market. Increasing financial pressures are leading many to turn to legal finance as a strategic tool to manage risk, unlock capital and support growth.

·         Global construction disputes reflect shifting market pressures

Rising project complexity and supply chain disruption are driving an uptick in high-value construction disputes worldwide. As timelines lengthen and costs escalate, parties are increasingly turning to arbitration and innovative financing solutions to manage risk and maintain project momentum.

·         Ten years of opt-out collective actions in the UK

Since the Consumer Rights Act 2015 introduced opt-out collective actions, the UK regime has matured from cautious beginnings to a credible tool for securing redress in competition cases. Legal finance has been central to this evolution, enabling claims to proceed despite high costs and risks—and it will remain essential as policymakers consider expanding collective redress to new areas of harm.

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