BUR fundamentals

Burford Capital Ltd. engages in the provision of legal finance products and services comprising core legal finance and alternative strategies, and in the asset management business. It operates through following segments: Capital Provision, Asset Management and Other Services, and Other Corporate. The Capital Provision segment provides capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters, both directly and through investment in the Group's private funds. The Asset Management and Other Services segment offers services to the legal industry including litigation insurance. The Other Corporate segment includes certain operating and non-operating activities that are not used internally to measure and evaluate the performance of the reportable segments. The company was founded by Christopher P. Bogart, Elizabeth O'Connell, and Jonathan T. Molot on September 11, 2009 and is headquartered in St. Peter Port, Guernsey.