Burford Capital Ltd BUR (last ticker on record)

CIK 1714174Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

SEC/DOJ scrutiny

These figures describe clients, not conduct. A lawyer or firm can serve many companies that later had trouble for reasons that have nothing to do with their work, and nothing here says any lawyer or firm did anything wrong.

Red flags: 1; Newest began Jan 2023
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 5; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 1; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Jan 12, 2023Far more SEC letters than usualSEC letter (opens in a new tab)

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Law firms

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Cravath Swaine & Moore	Jul 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	839	1.29	0.03	0.85
Ashurst LLP	Jul 2020	Text search only	22	0.89	0.00	0.00
Fried Frank	Jul 2020	Text search only	540	1.33	0.24	0.94
Latham & Watkins LLP	Jul 2020	Text search only	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Jul 2020	Text search only	1,051	1.31	0.27	0.91

Lawyers

The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.

Andrew J. PittsCravath Swaine & MooreFirst linked Jul 2020 · Named in SEC correspondence · 58 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.25× · Went dark 0.00× · 95% wipeout 0.77×