Corporate Counsel

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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 Dubai.

Burford is expanding its team and seeking a Corporate Counsel for its international business, based in London. The successful candidate will manage litigation finance and other corporate and commercial transactions in the UK, Continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia, as well as an array of related legal matters.

This is a unique opportunity for a highly capable transactional lawyer to move beyond traditional private practice and take a hands‑on role in one of the most innovative and growing areas of law and finance.

You will work closely with colleagues in the underwriting, tax, finance and legal & compliance teams to structure and execute sophisticated cross‑border transactions in an environment where your work will be impactful and help drive Burford’s global goals and growth.

The successful candidate will have the intellectual agility, drafting excellence and commercial acumen of a top transactional lawyer – combined with the curiosity, humility and teamwork that define Burford’s culture.

The role will report to the Firm’s lead counsel in London and be based in our London office.

Burford Capital is the largest and most experienced provider of commercial finance to the legal sector in the world, with a core expertise in identifying and optimizing the value of legal assets for companies and law firms. Since its founding in 2009, Burford has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporations, including 94 of the AmLaw 100 and 92 of the Global 100 largest law firms.

Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 160 people today, including over 45 lawyers.

Burford possesses the resources and expertise of a large company while retaining the flexibility and creativity of a startup. Team members are smart, creative, collaborative, curious, and confident. Everyone rolls up their sleeves to perform and engage collectively for the overall success of the business. Burford values rigorous thinking, clear communication, and efficient execution. Burford is an “always on” environment in which everyone needs to be accessible by email when outside and weekends.

Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance. 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.

The successful applicant will become a valued member of our growing Legal & Compliance Team that spans London, New York and Chicago.

The Corporate Counsel will work with Burford team members from our offices across the globe, including in Continental Europe, Dubai and Singapore, collaborating with our underwriters and senior management to execute and manage our investments and advise on various other matters of importance to Burford’s international business.

It is imperative that this individual has a creative business mindset, excellent professional judgment, flexibility and strong attention to detail, as well as the ability to prioritise and multi‑task in our fast‑paced environment.

This position is an active lawyering role. Although there will be instances of supervising outside counsel and junior members of the London team, 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. Burford operates in a dynamic asset class, so the successful applicant will…