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Burford Briefing: Biglaw’s embrace of contingency litigation — a conversation with David Lat

May 6, 20268:00am – 10:30am EDT

Summary

Please join us for our upcoming Burford Briefing breakfast panel, “Burford Briefing: Biglaw’s embrace of contingency litigation — a conversation with David Lat."

 

The economics of legal services are changing. As affirmative litigation opportunities and alternative fee arrangements gain traction among corporate clients, traditionally defense-oriented global law firms are expanding into plaintiff-side and contingency work to differentiate their practices and drive growth. Legal finance is playing an increasingly important role in enabling firms to manage risk and scale these efforts.

Join us for a breakfast conversation alongside partners from leading global law firms, featuring Eva Cole (Winston & Strawn) and Ryan Phair (Paul Hastings), with Evan Meyerson (Burford Capital), moderated by David Lat, founder of Above the Law and Original Jurisdiction. The discussion will explore how these trends are reshaping law firm strategy, financial performance and client relationships, and what comes next. 

Panelists

Eva Cole, Partner, Winston & Strawn
Evan Meyerson, Managing Director, Burford Capital 
Ryan Phair, Partner, Paul Hastings

Moderator

David Lat, Founder, Original Jurisdiction & Above the Law 

 

Wednesday, May 6

8:00am – 10:30am

New York, NY (Midtown)

Location details will be provided upon registration

 

8:00am – 8:45am | Registration & breakfast
8:45am – 9:45am | Moderated panel discussion & audience Q&A
9:45am – 10:30am | Networking

 

About Burford Briefings

Burford Briefings offer a unique opportunity for legal and business leaders to engage in high-level, topical discussions with a small group of peers. Each event explores a timely theme or topic, fostering fresh insights and candid conversation in an exclusive setting.


This is an invitation-only event. For further information, please contact [email protected].

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