NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2024 /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 at the nexus of law and finance. Coinciding with Burford's 15th anniversary, this Burford Quarterly examines the evolution of the legal finance industry over the last decade-and-a-half and highlights the benefits of legal finance for businesses. Articles in the Burford Quarterly 4 20 ...

Cumulative amount earmarked for award-winning initiative now exceeds $300 million; nearly $170 million already committed during first two phases of The Equity Project NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, is doubling down on its commitment to addressing the lack of diversity in the leadership of commercial litigation and arbitration. In announcing the third phase of its award-winning Equity Project, Burford is earmarkin ...

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NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that Travis Lenkner has rejoined the company as a member of its Management Committee in the newly created role of Chief Development Officer. Based in London, Mr. Lenkner is focused on Burford's future and its ongoing transformation of the legal industry. His responsibilities involve identifying and executing strategic initiatives that drive growth and align with the ...

Burford's deep bench of management talent continues to grow and evolve NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the 15th anniversary of the founding of Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. In just 15 years, Burford has gone from a single $130 million investment fund to a $7.4 billion industry leader – with a 27x increase in its market capitalization. Burford is fortunate to have a deep and continually growing bench of talented professionals from t ...

Burford Capital Limited (BUR) closed the last trading session at $13.51, gaining 3.5% over the past four weeks, but there could be plenty of upside left in the stock if short-term price targets set by Wall Street analysts are any guide. The mean price target of $20.17 indicates a 49.3% upside potential. The average comprises three short-term price targets ranging from a low of $18 to a high of $22.50, with a standard deviation of $2.25. While the lowest estimate indicates an increase of 33.2% from the curre ...

Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2024 7:00 AM ET Company Participants Christopher Bogart - Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Molot - Chief Investment Officer Jordan Licht - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Julian Roberts - Jefferies Matthew Howlett - B. Riley Alexander Bowers - Barenberg Operator Thank you for standing by. My name is Danica and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Burfo ...

Burford Capital Limited (BUR) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.24 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.34 per share. This compares to loss of $0.10 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -29.41%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.45 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.14, delivering a surprise of -131.11%. Over the last four quarters, the co ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that effective January 1, 2025, it will become a US domestic issuer after determining that Burford's US ownership exceeds 50% of its issued and outstanding ordinary shares as of June 30, 2024. As a result, Buford will no longer qualify as a "foreign private issuer", as defined under the US Securities Act of 1934, as amended. As a US domestic issuer, ...

NEW YORK, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, is pleased to announce that, on July 1, 2024, the audit committee (the "Audit Committee") of Burford's board of directors (the "Board") has approved, and the Board has ratified, the appointment of KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as Burford's independent registered public accounting firm. KPMG will review Burford's consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months e ...