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Burford Capital history
Burford Capital company history timeline
Burford's CEO Christopher Bogart and CIO Jonathan Molot met at a RAND conference in 2009 and discovered a shared interest in developing new ways for companies and law firms to manage the cost of high-stakes commercial disputes.
Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 140 people today, including some 55 lawyers, in offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore, Sydney and Hong Kong.
2009 // Burford IPO In the midst of the global recession, Burford raises $130 million IPO on the LSE AIM market.
2010 // First-ever portfolio investment 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.
2011 // Burford opens London office With the acquisition of the UK’s leading ATE insurance provider, Firstassist Legal Expenses, Burford enters the UK legal finance market.
2012 // Inaugural legal finance survey Burford launches its inaugural annual research survey; one in ten respondents say their organizations have used litigation finance.
2013 // Trailblazers Burford founders Christopher Bogart and Jonathan Molot named among the National Law Journal’s inaugural list of Legal Business Trailblazers & Pioneers.
2014 // Burford breaks half-billion-dollar mark of capital raised
2015 // Burford launches in Hong Kong
2016 // With Gerchen Keller Capital acquisition, Burford opens Chicago office Burford becomes the world’s largest provider of legal finance by a significant margin and the only provider with both public and private capital.
2017 // Burford opens office in Singapore The first Singapore-seated arbitration funded by a third-party finance provider is financed by Burford.
2018 // The Equity Project launches 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.
2019 // Burford continues growth With offices having been added in Sydney and Washington, DC, Burford continues to grow its team and business.
2020 // Burford lists in NY 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.
2021 // The Equity Project expansion Burford commits an additional $100 million and expands its award-winning initiative to include matters led by both female or racially diverse lawyers who have been historically underrepresented in the business of law.
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