Since opening in 2009, Burford has grown to a team of over 160 located in seven offices in the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. With public listings on the New York Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange, we are the world’s largest provider of commercial legal finance and have worked with hundreds of leading law firms and businesses.
Leading law firms and Fortune 500 companies use our capital to pay for claims to proceed or to accelerate the expected value of pending claims, judgments and awards. With more than 50 lawyers who diligence all investments in-house, we can respond quickly to inquiries—and clients say our insights improve outcomes and add value.
Since inception, Burford has reviewed thousands of matters, committed cumulatively $10.9 billion and 93% of concluded matters in our portfolio have generated recoveries for clients. And with a track record of pioneering financing solutions that have become the industry norm, Burford is rightly regarded as the gold standard in legal finance.
In the midst of the global recession, Burford raises $130 million IPO on the LSE AIM market.
Recognizing the benefit to clients of financing multiple matters in one capital facility, Burford makes its first legal finance portfolio investment—a first for the industry.
With the acquisition of the UK’s leading ATE insurance provider, Firstassist Legal Expenses, Burford enters the UK legal finance market.
Burford launches its inaugural annual research survey; one in ten respondents say their organizations have used litigation finance.
Burford founders Christopher Bogart and Jonathan Molot named among the National Law Journal’s inaugural list of Legal Business Trailblazers & Pioneers
Burford reaches this milestone after raising 90 million pounds—or $150 million—through a first-of-its-kind bond offering on the London Stock Exchange
Burford’s launch in Hong Kong positions it to meet growing demand for litigation and arbitration financing in Asia
Burford becomes the world’s largest provider of legal finance by a significant margin and the only provider with both public and private capital.
The first Singapore-seated arbitration funded by a third-party finance provider is financed by Burford.
The Equity Project launches with a $50 million pool of capital earmarked for financing commercial litigation and arbitration matters led by women—creating an economic incentive to help close the gender gap in law.
With an office having been added in Washington, DC, Burford continues to grow its team and business.
Burford becomes the first legal finance firm to be publicly traded in the US (NYSE:BUR) and the first dual listed company in the legal finance industry.
Burford commits an additional $100 million and expands its award-winning initiative to include matters led by both female or racially diverse lawyers.
Burford raised an additional $1 billion dollars in 2022, including a fund that makes Burford better equipped to finance all matters from pre-filing to post-settlement.
Burford opened its first Middle East office in Dubai, UAE, to meet increased client demand for legal finance in the region
Burford joins the broad-market Russell 3000® and small-cap Russell 2000® Indexes, the first entry of legal finance to the Indexes.
In 2023, Burford committed over a billion dollars to finance the legal industry for the third year in a row.
With a 93% track record for deploying into winning cases, Burford instills confidence in clients.
94 AmLaw 100 and 92 Global 100 law firms have sought our capital for their clients or firms.
With an investment team that includes lawyers with experience working at AmLaw 100 and Global 100 firms as well as Fortune 100 companies, Burford balances legal expertise with business savvy to understand and solve our clients’ most complex challenges.
