• Press

The American Lawyer highlights Burford’s milestone contributions to growth of legal finance

In an American Lawyer feature on legal finance, Roy Strom and Ben Hancock highlight Burford’s acquisition of Gerchen Keller Capital in 2016 as a growth milestone in the legal finance industry: “The December 2016 acquisition… has proved to be a spark plug for the nascent business.” Strom and Hancock cite Burford’s leadership in portfolio finance and the cost benefits that come along with it: “In an effort to reduce cost, Burford… [has] sought to finance a number of cases at a time for a given law firm or legal department.”

Read the article.