Burford Capital

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Burford Capital, founded in 2009, provides specialized finance to the legal market. It operates as a finance and professional services company worldwide with principal offices in New York, London and Chicago. The company offers financing to lawyers and clients engaged in litigation and arbitration, asset recovery and other legal finance and advisory activities.

Burford Capital has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 6.44% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (4.87%).