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Burford Capital - Litigation finance specialist eyes jackpot win

April 2025

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During the Global Financial Crisis a revolution took place in the legal world in which corporate clients started resisting the hourly billing system and demanded their lawyers front some or all of the case costs themselves - in other words, “no win no fee.” The problem was how to find the extra cash to pay their salaries and other expenses given many countries, notably the US, don’t allow outsiders to become shareholders. Out of this conundrum, litigation finance, where an outside firm provides capital either to law firms or large corporates to finance their various claims, was born and Burford Capital is one such player. Having launched with a modest US$130m fund in 2009, that had increased to US$4.6bn by FY20 and a whopping US$7.4bn at ...

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