Aviva Will
Vice Chair, New York
Aviva Will is Vice Chair at Burford Capital. Most recently, she served as Burford’s President, before which she was Co-Chief Operating Officer. She has over 16 years of experience investing in and managing the world’s largest portfolio of commercial litigation and arbitration risk and has played a central role in the development of Burford’s legal finance business. In her leadership roles, she has overseen the continued innovation of Burford’s offerings to law firms and companies and has been instrumental in building the industry’s most respected legal finance team and investment process.
Experience
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Time Warner Inc.
Senior Litigation Manager
Chief Antitrust and Regulatory Counsel
Assistant Secretary -
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Senior Litigator
Education
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Fordham University School of Law
JD, cum laude
Fordham Law Review Writing & Research Editor -
Columbia University
BA
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New Jersey Supreme Court
Law Clerk to Honorable Stewart G. Pollock
Professional affiliations
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NYU School of Law, Center for Civil Justice
Board of Advisors
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University Settlement
Director & Executive Committee member
Clerkships
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Law clerk to NJ Supreme Court Justice Stewart G. Pollock
Recognition
Chambers and Partners
Band 1 - US Litigation Funding
2022-2026
New York Law Journal
Trailblazer
2019
