Vice President, Commercial Underwriting

About the role

The Firm is seeking to add a Vice President of Underwriting to our U.S. Commercial investment team. The position responsibilities include identifying and analyzing litigation-related opportunities that Burford considers for financing and overseeing matters in which Burford has invested.

Responsibilities

• Assess and price risks associated with the litigation, evaluate litigation budgets, and negotiate financing deals from start to finish.
• Work closely with Burford’s legal, finance and tax teams to structure, model, negotiate and close financing transactions, while minimizing legal and operational risks.
• Building strong client relationships and actively identify financing opportunities with law firms and corporations.
• Actively monitor ongoing investments, regularly interacting with clients and counsel as the litigation proceeds in order to facilitate successful resolution.

Requirements

• 6+ years of broad commercial litigation experience from a top-tier U.S. law firm
• Antitrust litigation exposure
• Federal clerkship experience
• Pre-law school professional experience, preferably in financial services (or relevant academic background)
• Substantive experience with expert data analyses, valuation, or damages reports
• Must be licensed to practice law in the U.S.

Skills Desired

• A thoughtful litigator with an intuitive sense of the merits, value and risks of litigation;
• Commercial mindset, numerate and deal-savvy, with the ability to price risk and explain (both internally and externally) the value of a deal;
• Team player who can work collegially with all members of the underwriting teams across Burford’s global offices;
• Entrepreneurial and self-directed;
• Strong communicator and outgoing, capable of participating in panels, conferences, and other client-facing business development opportunities on behalf of Burford;
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment where both your legal skills and financial acumen will be fully utilized;
• Openness to some amount of travel.

Benefits

Burford also pays an annual discretionary bonus as well as participation in our Restricted Stock Unit program.

Pay

The base compensation range for this role is $225,000 - $250,000.

Schedule

The role will report to the Managing Director leading Burford’s U.S. Commercial business and be based in Burford’s New York offices.