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Burford Capital LLC

Litigation Funding: Intellectual Property

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Burford Capital LLC

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Burford is the largest legal finance provider in the Americas, with offices in three cities and staff on the ground in eight states and the capacity to finance significant commercial litigation and arbitration. Businesses and law firms use legal finance to remove the cost and risk of pursuing complex commercial litigation and arbitration—and, increasingly, to generate value for the business. Burford has earned a reputation for excellence and innovation in legal finance, having pioneered financing solutions that have since become the industry standard.

How we add value

  • Our team has worked at AmLaw 100, Global 100 law firms and Fortune 100 companies
  • We perform all diligence in-house and respond quickly and efficiently
  • We are publicly traded on the NYSE and have the scale to finance matters of any size through resolution
  • We draw on proprietary data to build legal budgets, develop damages theories, define damages theories and more
  • We don’t require exclusivity until a term sheet is issued

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Litigation Funding: Intellectual Property - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Burford Capital is the largest legal finance company in the world. The firm assists clients involved in a broad range of disputes, including insolvency, securities and intellectual property matters, as well as international arbitrations. Its financing options include claims monetisation and portfolio finance arrangements.
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Strengths

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  • Burford Capital are the biggest player in the third-party litigation funding field in the US and Europe. They have an outstanding team with the most experience and the deepest commitment, balanced with a commercial and pragmatic mindset.

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  • Burford is staffed by first-rate lawyers who understand both lawsuits and how to collect. They also have a terrific intelligence team that they use both to evaluate claims and to help collect once a judgement is obtained. They are practical and willing to take measured risks where appropriate. It is a great shop to have in your corner.

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  • Complexity is Burford's specialty. They have creative solutions to strategic and financial challenges.

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  • Burford are the most creative and cutting-edge funder in the world. In some sense, the entire industry rides on their shoulders. They manage the biggest fund and they are also the firm that innovated the most: much of what we think of litigation finance today is product of their innovation. They are at the forefront of the entire market.

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  • Burford are the gold standard in litigation finance.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Aviva Will
    Aviva Will

    Aviva Will

    Aviva Will is the president of Burford Capital and one of the leading figures in the litigation funding industry.

    • Aviva Will is smart, practical and decisive. She has excellent judgement and terrific people skills. Clients look to her for advice and have confidence in her judgement. She is very easy to work with because she knows her business extremely well. If there is a way to get to a positive outcome, Aviva will work hard to get there.

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    • Aviva Will is one of the strongest professionals in the funding space.

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  • Christopher Bogart
    Christopher Bogart

    Christopher Bogart

    Christopher Bogart is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Burford Capital, and is one of the pioneers of the litigation funding industry in the USA.

    • Christopher Bogart has done so many of the hard yards in getting the market where it is today and thus has unparalleled experience and perspective that you can rely on.

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    • Christopher Bogart is extraordinarily thoughtful and strategic. He is excellent.

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    • Christopher Bogart continues to be a market-leader.

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  • Katharine A Wolanyk
    Katharine A Wolanyk

    Katharine A Wolanyk

    Phoenix-based Katharine Wolanyk is highly esteemed in the intellectual property market, and leads Burford’s intellectual property and patent litigation finance operations.

    • Katharine Wolanyk is running the biggest and most active group in the IP litigation funding space.

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    • Katharine Wolanyk is very well-know and widely respected as an expert in IP litigation finance. She is a pleasure to work with and easily grasps both big picture strategic issues and the smallest of tactical details.

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    • Katharine Wolanyk is amazing to work with and at the very top of her field.

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  • Eric Carlson
    Eric Carlson

    Eric Carlson

    Eric Carlson is a managing director at Burford Capital and is well regarded for his funding work in patent litigation.

    • Eric Carlson has incredibly deep knowledge of high-tech patent infringement litigation and he is a great sounding board for strategic decisions.

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    • Eric Carlson is incredibly easy and pleasant to work with. He is direct and creative.

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    • Eric Carlson is a savvy lawyer with great attention to detail.

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    • Eric Carlson is excellent at what he does. He is very sophisticated and very responsive.

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    • Eric Carlson is fantastic and a pleasure to work with.

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  • Christopher Freeman
    Christopher Freeman

    Christopher Freeman

    Christopher Freeman is a managing director based in Burford Capital's Chicago office. Freeman is well regarded for drawing upon his experience as a former litigator to assess and underwrite patent litigation matters.

    • Christopher Freeman is a very thoughtful analyst of patent disputes and opportunities.

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    • Christopher Freeman is simply exceptional. He is responsive, quickly distils complex issues, provides simple yet effective advice and is overall a pleasure to work with. What stands out is his judgement and ability to balance sophisticated risks.

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    • Christopher Freeman is on top of his portfolio and very responsive. He acts as an advocate for his opportunities. He is a level-headed guy and one of my favourite people to work with in this industry. He is unflappable but fully engaged. I hold him in very high regard.

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