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Burford Capital LLC

Litigation Funding

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Burford Capital LLC

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Litigation Funding - UK-wide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Burford Capital funds high-value, complex, multi-jurisdictional matters across the world. The team also has expertise in funding insolvency matters, and can provide a wide range of expertise to its clients.

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Work Highlights

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  • Burford Capital funded Geradin Partners' collective action brought before the Competition Appeal Tribunal on behalf of a group of over 200,000 advertisers alleging Google’s abuse of dominance in search and search advertising. The claim is valued at GBP5 billion.

Strengths

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  • Burford Capital is one of the best in the business. It knows competition regime very well. The team are smart, pragmatic and they understand the substance of the work.

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  • Burford is excellent. It's an extremely well-organised and managed firm.

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  • Burford Capital is reliable, commercial and it has a good reputation in the market.

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  • Burford has a very strong team that provides first-rate research and analysis to support the legal team. It brings a depth of knowledge and experience which goes well beyond its core funding service and adds huge value assisting the legal team.

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  • Burford Capital has a huge team which is highly credible.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Charlie Rooke
    Charlie Rooke

    Charlie Rooke

    Charlie Rooke is senior vice president at Burford and a former litigator who assesses and underwrites large funding opportunities.

    • Charlie Rooke is up and coming. He has a lot of energy and he's great.

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    • Charlie is very diligent, sharp and on the ball.

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    • Charlie is a very smart lawyer, he sees the issues very quickly.

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