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Latest Burford Quarterly journal of legal finance addresses top data trends in commercial litigation and arbitration, judgment enforcement and asset recovery

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The "Data Issue" of the Burford Quarterly features an update on legal finance accounting, artificial intelligence (AI) and the law, data analytics in disputes and enforcement and key takeaways from recent surveys of GCs

NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2023 /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 impacting the business of law.

The latest issue of the Burford Quarterly 4 2023 includes:

  • Data analytics and litigation: How Artificial Intelligence (AI) will (and won't) change the economics of law
    Key takeaways from a recent discussion with leading players in integrated data analytics and AI, moderated by Co-COO David Perla.

  • Macroeconomic trends affect how GCs think about dispute costs and risk
    Burford Co-COO Aviva Will analyzes key considerations top in-house lawyers face around the world, leveraging new insights from a survey of 66 GCs, heads of litigation and other senior lawyers.

  • Best practices for building risk-based practices
    Senior lawyers from Gibson Dunn, Morgan Lewis, Mayer Brown and Proskauer Rose discuss best practices for law firms expanding their risk-based practices with Burford Director Evan Meyerson.

  • New data shows judgment and award enforcement remains a perennial problem
    Vanishingly few senior in-house lawyers (2%) recover the full value of their judgments and awards. Burford Vice President Victoria Fox explains how this problem is only exacerbated by difficult economic conditions.

  • Case study: $325 million corporate deal
    A recent portfolio financing arrangement with a Fortune 500 company demonstrates how businesses benefit from building—and financing—affirmative litigation recovery programs.

  • Arbitration data analytics
    Third-party funding of investor-state and international commercial arbitration is on the rise. Burford Director Jeffery Commission examines key arbitration dispute data.

  • As US bankruptcy filings increase, legal finance is set to play an important role
    Burford Managing Director Emily Slater explores recent US bankruptcy activity and explains how the legal finance industry is increasingly playing a role.

  • Setting a new standard for legal finance reporting and transparency
    Burford's CFO Jordan Licht describes Burford's new industry-standard approach for valuing legal finance asset values, which gives clients and investors greater transparency into the performance of legal finance partners.

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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FAQ

What is the latest issue of Burford Quarterly about?

The latest issue of Burford Quarterly discusses key trends in legal finance and law.

What are some of the topics covered in the issue?

Some of the topics covered include data analytics and AI in law, macroeconomic trends for GCs, best practices for risk-based practices, challenges in judgment and award enforcement, arbitration data analytics, legal finance in US bankruptcy filings, and a new standard for legal finance reporting and transparency.

What percentage of senior in-house lawyers recover the full value of their judgments and awards?

Only 2% of senior in-house lawyers recover the full value of their judgments and awards.

What role is legal finance set to play in US bankruptcy filings?

Legal finance is set to play an important role in US bankruptcy filings.

What does Burford's CFO describe in the issue?

Burford's CFO describes Burford's new industry-standard approach for valuing legal finance asset values, which provides greater transparency into the performance of legal finance partners.

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burford is a leading global finance and professional services firm focused on law. publicly traded on the london stock exchange, burford has raised over $500 million to commit to a diversified portfolio of commercial litigation matters. litigation finance--described by the washington post as "a game-changer"--treats legal claims as assets, freeing capital that can be used when and where it’s needed, and ensuring that meritorious commercial disputes can be decided on their merits. burford has worked with a range of clients all over the world, from start-ups to large public companies, as well as over half the amlaw 50 and most of the uk’s leading law firms. burford’s businesses include litigation finance, insurance and risk transfer, law firm lending, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, advisory and professional services and a wide range of investment activities. burford’s equity and debt securities are publicly traded on the london stock exchange, and it works with la