Joseph Cheavens Joins Burford Group
Former Head of Baker Botts Litigation Department to Originate Texas Investments
NEW YORK, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Group Limited, the investment adviser to Burford Capital Limited, the world's largest commercial dispute financier, is pleased to announce that Joseph Cheavens has joined its US team. Mr. Cheavens will focus his efforts on originating investments and expanding Burford's profile in Texas.
Before his retirement from Baker Botts L.L.P., Mr. Cheavens was previously the firmwide Chair of the Litigation Department at Baker and General Counsel of the firm, where he was a partner for more than thirty years and served as a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Cheavens is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been the Chair of the College's Emil Gumpert Award Committee. He has handled a wide variety of complex cases during his career, including substantial energy and intellectual property matters, and he has made extensive use of contingency fees and other alternative fee arrangements.
Burford's Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Bogart, said: "We are delighted that Joe is joining our expanding team. The fact that professionals with Joe's success and experience are attracted to Burford and the opportunity it represents speaks volumes to the growth potential of our business. We also see Texas as an important litigation market, and we are very happy to have someone like Joe on the ground."
Mr. Cheavens said: "I think litigation finance is a terrific addition to the variety of economic structures that can be used to address the cost of litigation, and Burford is obviously the market leader in supplying it. I look forward to talking to lawyers in Texas and elsewhere about its use."
About Burford Group
Burford Group Limited is the investment advisor to Burford Capital Limited, a publicly traded dispute financier that is the world's largest investor in commercial disputes with more than $300 million in capital. Burford Group operates in the United States through its subsidiary, Burford Group LLC. For further information, please visit – http://burfordgroupltd.com.
SOURCE Burford Group Limited
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