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Companies work with experts to secure litigation favorable judgments only to face obstacles to enforcement. By learning how to “think like a bad debtor,” creditors can work with specialists to pursue multimillion judgments and uncollected awards.

Companies and law firms can monetize pending claims to remove downside risk and accelerate the timing and flow of cash awards.

Intellectual property and patents shape corporate growth, credibility and profitability, but the litigation associated with IP and patents is known for its high cost, complexity and duration. In 2021, IP and patent litigation stakes were heightened by disputes related to Covid vaccine development and a spate of nine-figure mega-verdicts across industries.  While it’s not news that patent litigation can result in very sizeable monetary damages, the uptick in activity nonetheless drew headlines.

Over the last decade, law firms have developed a more commercially driven business model to meet growing competition and changing client demands. While this shift has been progressing incrementally for years, the disruption of the last year accelerated progress as firms were quick to reevaluate their technology, operating models and management.

The metals and mining industry has entered an unprecedented period of economic uncertainty. Rocketing costs for exploration and production have impacted profit margins and left investors reluctant to engage with new mining projects. Learn how legal finance can enable mining companies and commodities traders rethink their allocation of legal resources (both time and money) and reevaluate their appetite for risk.

Recent case studies illustrate some of the ways in which Burford has helped companies generate value from what would otherwise be illiquid assets or a drain on corporate budgets.

It is no secret that economic strain tends to spur IP litigation: When cash is scarce, companies are incentivized to extract value from dormant IP assets. With many companies likely to put their IP assets to work in 2021, it should come as good news that regulatory and judicial developments around the world are creating an IP environment that is friendlier to patent holders.

Christopher Bogart introduces the most recent issue of the Burford Quarterly and highlights recent developments in the legal finance industry.

In periods of economic instability, law firms must adapt.

When prospective legal finance users come to Burford, they frequently ask how we value claims and calculate probable damages for the cases we finance.

Burford CEO and co-founder Christopher P. Bogart assesses the post-Covid legal finance landscape and finds indicators of continued growth and transformation in litigation and the business of law.

As the use of legal finance has reached an all-time high for both law firms and in-house legal departments, related case law has reflected, and bolstered, its growing acceptance in several recent decisions.