Travis Lenkner

Travis Lenkner is Chief Operating Officer of Burford Capital and a member of its Management and Commitments Committees. He is responsible for execution and operating performance across the Company’s business units and also oversees global business development and marketing, corporate development, and enterprise initiatives focused on long-term growth.

Recognized by The American Lawyer as an “innovative business creator in the legal space,” Mr. Lenkner has spent more than a decade building and leading businesses at the intersection of law and finance. He entered the legal finance market in 2013 as a launch partner in Gerchen Keller Capital, which became the largest private fund manager focused on litigation finance prior to its acquisition by Burford in 2016. Following the acquisition, he served as a Managing Director at Burford. 

Mr. Lenkner later co-founded and served as Managing Partner of a leading U.S. complex litigation law firm, where he was responsible for hiring, strategy and day-to-day management, before rejoining Burford in 2024.

Earlier in his career, he served as in-house counsel at The Boeing Company, as a litigator at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and as a law clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States and to then-Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Mr. Lenkner is a member of the American Law Institute and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Institute of Judicial Administration at NYU School of Law.