{"id":147863,"date":"2026-04-02T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/02\/burford-capital-the-traditional-private-equity-playbook-will-not-work-in-big-law\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:00:59","slug":"burford-capital-the-traditional-private-equity-playbook-will-not-work-in-big-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/02\/burford-capital-the-traditional-private-equity-playbook-will-not-work-in-big-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Burford Capital: &#8216;The Traditional Private Equity Playbook Will Not Work in Big Law&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The litigation funding firm wants to take minority stakes in law firms in the U.S. and U.K. Law.com sat down chief development officer Travis Lenkner to find out why and how these deals could happen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" 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