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At its first European conference on June 27 in London, the International Legal Finance Association (ILFA) gathered a group of senior law firm partners to discuss law firm innovation in the European market.

Burford's research of 350 senior in-house lawyers in the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East shows businesses are managing budget pressures and the challenge of maximizing pending claims and unenforced awards during periods of economic uncertainty.

Burford Vice President Charlie Rooke spoke with David Wingfield, a barrister at Fountain Court Chambers to compare global competition regimes. Below is a transcript of their conversation.

At its first European conference on June 27 in London, the International Legal Finance Association (ILFA) gathered a group of senior in-house lawyers to talk about how GCs think about litigation strategy and legal finance.

Burford Vice President Charlie Rooke spoke with David Wingfield, a barrister at Fountain Court Chambers to discuss the economics of competition litigation and the role of legal finance. Below is a transcript of their conversation.

Burford Vice President Charlie Rooke spoke with David Wingfield, a barrister at Fountain Court Chambers to discuss hot topics in global competition litigation. Below is a transcript of their conversation.

Burford’s Chief Marketing Officer Liz Bigham spoke with Senior Vice President Suzanne Grosso about Burford's expertise in the different types of portfolio financing in this insights video. An edited transcript can be found below.

Legal finance is uniquely capable of enabling the integration of lateral lawyers or practice groups into firms, and even entire firm mergers, by allowing lawyers to meld a firm’s risk appetite with the client and case profiles new lawyers can bring to the party. For the same reasons, it’s also uniquely suited to bridging emerging rifts in existing firms.

The mining industry is no stranger to litigation and arbitration, with companies often facing significant costs and challenges in resolving disputes.

Disputes are a fact of life in the construction industry, as are their hefty associated costs. In 2022, 58% of in-house lawyers at construction businesses reported spending more than $5 million on litigation and arbitration

In an article originally published in GRR, Burford's Emily Slater and Charles Griffin discuss the recent Chapter 11 restructuring of oil producer Cox Operating, which included a novel section 363 auction to monetize a pre-filing litigation.

Champerty and maintenance are doctrines in common law jurisdictions that aim to preclude frivolous litigation, but they are largely obsolete for modern day legal finance.