Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore and Sydney.
The Firm has created a new position for a Corporate Counsel who will handle litigation finance and other corporate and commercial transactions, as well as a variety of other legal matters relating to, among other areas, operations, regulatory requirements, corporate structure and governance. This is an opportunity for a very smart and motivated person to carve out a unique and valued role within the Legal & Compliance team, which has a need for an additional legal expert to work hand-in-hand with our underwriting, business development, finance and operations teams. The successful candidate for this new position will become the 12th member of Burford’s global Legal & Compliance team, which spans the New York and London offices in addition to Chicago.
The role will report to the Deputy General Counsel and be based in Burford’s Chicago or New York office.
Company Overview
Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore and Sydney.
Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance. Burford provides competitive health care benefits and a 401k matching program. Burford Capital is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, whether or not they have a disability.
Position Requirements
Litigation Finance Transactions
Other Corporate Transactions
Corporate Governance and Other Legal Matters
Skills Desired
Qualifications & Experience
Core Competencies & Skills / Personal Attributes & Fit
Summary
The Corporate Counsel will be a valued member of our global Legal & Compliance team and will play an important role collaborating with our underwriters and investment leadership on documenting and closing our investments and advising them and our other teams on various matters of importance to Burford’s business. The person in this position will get to work with Burford team members from our offices across the globe. It is imperative that this individual have a creative business mindset, excellent professional judgment, flexibility and close attention to detail regarding documentation, as well as the ability to prioritize and multi-task in our fast-paced environment.
This position is an active lawyering role. Although there will be instances of supervising outside counsel, in the main the job is hands-on legal work. The Corporate Counsel will be low-ego, focused on results and teamwork and able to drive projects independently to completion. He/she will possess the gravitas, credentials, financial acumen, and experience to quickly understand the economic and legal dynamics of our transactions, faithfully document and negotiate them, and counsel a sophisticated group of internal clients on the unique issues they present. As Burford continues to grow and expand into new complex business areas and more global jurisdictions, this is a great opportunity for a skilled corporate transactional lawyer who enjoys novel challenges to operate at the unique intersection of finance and law.
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