David Perla
Vice Chair, New York
David Perla is Vice Chair at Burford Capital. He is responsible for public policy, industry affairs and communications and has played a leading role in shaping Burford’s position within the legal finance industry. An entrepreneur and legal industry leader, he was named one of The American Lawyer’s Top 50 Innovators of the Last 50 Years.
Prior to joining Burford, David served as president of Bloomberg BNA Legal Division/Bloomberg Law, where he oversaw Bloomberg BNA’s legal and related products, including its flagship Bloomberg Law enterprise legal news, information and tools platform. Previously, he co-founded and was co-chief executive officer and director at Pangea3, the top-ranked global legal process outsourcing provider. Pangea3 was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2010 and grew to over 1,000 employees globally under his leadership. Before launching Pangea3, he was vice president of business and legal affairs for Monster.com. He began his career in the New York office of Katten Muchin.
David earned his JD and BA, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Experience
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Bloomberg BNA Legal Division/Bloomberg Law
President
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Pangea3
Co-founder, Co-CEO and Director
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Monster.com
Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs
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Katten Muchin
Associate
Education
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University of Pennsylvania
JD
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University of Pennsylvania
BA, cum laude
Recognition
The American Lawyer
Top 50 Innovator of the Last 50 Years
2013
