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As we enter 2023 amidst global economic uncertainty, fueled by political and financial tensions, we look to key insolvency and restructuring trends that will emerge in offshore markets—home to some of the world’s largest financial hubs.

Banks are facing an unprecedented rise in non-performing loans (NPLs) in the aftermath of the pandemic; in fact, the IMF reported that Middle East banks had to absorb $180 billion in NPLs and defaults in 2020 alone. Daniel Hall, Hannah Howlett and Christopher Jeffreys spoke to a group of experts about key trends in NPL recovery and the developing secondary market for NPL portfolios.

As use of legal finance continues to grow, case law and court decisions reflect its growing acceptance.

New research by Burford Capital shows that judgment and award enforcement remain a problem for businesses and law firms—even more so in a down economy.

The case study below highlights a Fortune 500 company that recently secured $325 million in financing from Burford and is exemplary of the benefits to be had by building and financing an affirmative recovery program.

A recent public Burford-funded matter—Cessna Finance—illustrates how businesses can benefit from assigning awards to a legal finance provider.

Legal finance providers and other financial professionals have for some years offered some peace of mind to such litigants in the form of claim monetization—advancing a portion of judgments on a non-recourse basis in exchange for a share of the award (if and when it is affirmed and collected). Recently, though, insurers have begun offering a new financial product: Judgment preservation insurance (JPI). While this new product is intended to mitigate the risk of reversal on appeal, its efficacy can be meaningfully enhanced with legal finance.

Burford Capital’s Matt Lee and Critical Minerals Group’s CEO Scott Winter discuss vanadium mining, key challenges and developments in the mining industry, and areas of potential disputes for mining companies. A recording and an edited transcript of their conversation appears below.

The 2023 launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is a significant development in global patent litigation. To understand its impact, members of Burford’s top-ranked patent team directed questions to a panel of European patent litigation experts on the trends and opportunities resulting from the UPC and the growth of corporate IP monetization.

In today’s dynamic business environment, companies of all sizes face a myriad of challenges that require innovative solutions. The ongoing economic uncertainty, driven by inflationary pressures and rising interest rates, has made access to capital more critical—and more difficult—than ever before.

Florencia Villaggi sat down with Jonathan C. Hamilton, Global Co-chair of International Arbitration with Paul Hastings, and Distinguished Faculty Chair of the International Arbitration Institute at the University of Miami, to discuss key arbitration trends in the Americas. A full transcript can be found below.

Once rare in Big Law, contingency and success-based fee arrangements are gaining traction as clients demand more alignment on costs and outcomes.