Dr. Rukia Baruti has joined Burford Capital as an independent non-executive director. Dr. Baruti is the Secretary General of the African Arbitration Association and an experienced independent arbitrator.
Dr. Rukia Baruti has joined Burford Capital as an independent non-executive director. Dr. Baruti is the Secretary General of the African Arbitration Association and an experienced independent arbitrator.
The team at Burford summarises the GAO report on third-party litigation financing, concluding that, overall, the report’s findings are a clear positive for the legal finance sector, emphasising many of the positive benefits provided by legal finance to law and to business, even though critics will undoubtedly work to spin the report otherwise.
The team at Burford highlights 2022’s legal finance milestones, including the EU Digital Markets Act setting the stage for future claims against big tech; the introduction of new third-party funding rules for arbitration in Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai; and the expansion of alternative business structures among UK law firms.
David Perla of Burford assesses the state of the litigation finance industry in the post-pandemic era, exploring current trends including the increased uptake of legal finance by corporate legal departments.
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