Experts from top law firms and consultancies
weigh in on how legal finance has transformed the business of
law
NEW
YORK, April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford
Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm
focused on law, today releases its latest Burford Quarterly,
a journal of legal finance that explores the top trends at the
nexus of law and finance.
Articles in the Burford Quarterly 2 2024 include:
- Visualizing 15 years of legal finance
Since its
founding, Burford has deployed $7.7
billion to the business of law, which represents billions in
value creation and cost avoidance for businesses. This article
illustrates what $7.7 billion
represents in value generation, lawyer hours and more.
- Leveraging disputes: How CFOs are generating value from
legal assets
As CFOs navigate financial challenges in an
uncertain economy, they seek new ways to add value. Strategic
management of legal assets to optimize their balance sheets and
enhance liquidity can accomplish this.
- From defense to offense: The strategic evolution in
corporate claims pursuits
Businesses are becoming more
strategic and efficient in how they approach litigation and
arbitration claims, protecting their interests while maintaining
focus on core operations.
- Global perspectives: Trends shaping the commercial
arbitration landscape
Experts shed light on current
trends shaping the global commercial dispute landscape including
the use of AI, the impact of current conflicts and geopolitical
tensions and the increasing importance of legal finance in
arbitration.
- Expert insights: Offshore insolvency roundtable
Burford moderates a roundtable of offshore insolvency experts as
they discuss top challenges and opportunities in offshore
markets.
David Perla, Co-COO of Burford Capital, said: "Our
latest Burford Quarterly demonstrates how far Burford and
the commercial legal finance industry has evolved since Burford's
founding 15 years ago. What was once considered a niche tool for
impecunious claimants is now widely accepted as a mainstream
corporate finance solution by CFOs, GCs, law firm litigators and
insolvency practitioners."
About Burford Capital
Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset
management firm focused on law. Its businesses
include litigation finance and risk
management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal
finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange
(LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the
world from its offices in New
York, London, Chicago, Washington,
DC, Singapore,
Dubai, Sydney and Hong
Kong.
For more information, please
visit www.burfordcapital.com.
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy any ordinary shares or other
securities of Burford.
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