Asset Tracing & Recovery (Investigations Agencies)
Litigation Support Guide 2024 : Global-wide
Band 1
Contact number
+44 20 3530 2000Chambers Review
Burford Capital is a major litigation funder with significant in-house asset recovery capabilities. The team offers its asset recovery services on a contingent basis in exchange for a share of whatever recovery is generated, as well as on a consultancy, fee-for-service basis with the client retaining the full benefit of any recovery.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Burford are good at understanding litigation and high stakes asset recovery. They're very experienced, and a couple of their team members were lawyers. The team have strong investigative capacity."
"They're very hands-on; the advantage of Burford is that they are hands-on and integrated into strategic decision making in litigation."
"Burford are good at understanding litigation and high stakes asset recovery. They're very experienced, and a couple of their team members were lawyers. The team have strong investigative capacity."
"They're very hands-on; the advantage of Burford is that they are hands-on and integrated into strategic decision making in litigation."
Notable Practitioners
Daniel Hall is a director and co-lead of Burford Capital's global corporate intelligence, asset tracing and enforcement business. He is a UK-qualified solicitor and has previously practised in London and Hong Kong.
"Daniel Hall's commercial vision is very strong. He's wonderful and a very knowledgeable person."
"Daniel Hall is peerless in terms of his knowledge of how to enforce judgments across multiple jurisdictions."
Michael Redman is a director and co-leader of Burford's global corporate intelligence, asset tracing and enforcement business. He has led several commercial and sovereign enforcement actions, as well as having overseen asset recovery investments arising from distressed situations and insolvencies.
"Michael Redman is a really nice guy, really smart and he gets it: he understands the overall strategy of litigation as well as the specific and small parts that go into that, both macro and micro."
"Michael Redman is a solid guy and is knowledgeable: he will never promise the moon and not deliver."
"I think Michael Redman is an insightful and creative individual."