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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers
    Female lawyers: initiatives to break through career barriers

    Put more women at the top with funding, entrepreneurship and academic research

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    Legal services
    Burford chief executive fears Argentine reprisals

    Chris Bogart tells US court he fears for safety if $1bn case is moved to Buenos Aires

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    Argentina’s Peronists will not be a pushover for Burford

    Litigation finance specialist is trying to reclaim losses linked to a 2012 nationalisation

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Met police probe Burford sex tape row

    People who appeared in video attended interviews in London this week

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    UK equities
    Muddy Waters crashes the Burford party

    Featuring margin call stress balls.

  • Monday, 30 September, 2019
    Burford seeks to force LSE to reveal alleged stock manipulators

    High Court filing comes as litigation funder steps up defence after Muddy Waters attack

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2019
    LexCorporate governance
    Power couples: the Neumann factor Premium

    Investors want bosses to work together, not live together

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    Under-siege Burford faces lawsuit from co-founder

    Selvyn Seidel plans legal claim in which he could seek $120m in fees

  • Monday, 23 September, 2019
    Legal services
    Burford defends ‘reliable and judicious’ accounting

    Litigation funder discloses valuations in response to Muddy Waters attack

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    UK companies
    A new riposte to the Burford Capital short thesis

    Caro-Kann Capital weighs in on the ligation finance company.

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    Burford faces threat of ‘revenge porn’ prosecution

    Woman who appears in video with billionaire has hired lawyers for potential private prosecution

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    Analysis
    The billionaire, the sex tape and a lot of legal action

    Burford’s fight with Harry Sargeant III shows the risks and rewards of ‘asset recovery’

  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
    Equity exchanges
    Fresh Aim setback as fundraising slows to trickle

    London’s alternative stock market faces growing governance concerns

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    Lex
    Burford: sex, lawyers and videotape Premium

    Litigation funder’s shares are only for the brave

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    Burford executive accused of trading documents for sex tape

    Litigation funder says claims in $91m case that it acted improperly are ‘meritless’

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    GVC’s City punters must wait for a better price

    Launch of American football betting via an MGM tie-up might finally bring deserved uplift

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    Burford tries to calm storm by replacing chief’s wife as CFO

    Litigation funding group reacts to criticism of its governance structure

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    Tail RiskRobert Smith
    Retail investors aren’t alone in struggling to value Burford’s assets

    Muddy Waters’ attack on litigation funder has also rattled large bondholders

  • Monday, 12 August, 2019
    Burford alleges market manipulation in trading of its shares

    Litigation financing specialist is embroiled in dispute with short-seller Muddy Waters

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    Analysis
    Behind Burford Capital: the litigation funder under siege

    Group attacked by US hedge fund put new financing model on the map

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    Analysis
    Carson Block, the short-seller taking aim in the UK market

    The 43-year-old American built his reputation in China and polarises opinion

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    Q&A
    Muddy Waters v Burford Capital — the claims and defence

    What the US short-seller said and the response from the UK litigation funding specialist

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    Analysis
    Burford case puts litigation funding in the spotlight

    Fast-growing industry is popular with investors but business model and reporting draws criticism

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
    Burford shares recover after attacking Muddy Waters report

    Litigation specialist’s nine-page riposte says hedge fund’s criticism has ‘factual inaccuracies’

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    Burford Capital tumbles as Muddy Waters takes aim

    UK-listed litigation financing specialist rebuffs criticism of its accounting

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