Ogier advises Burford Capital on US$360 million private offering

Ogier has provided Guernsey legal advice to Burford Capital Limited (Burford Capital) on the private offering of US$360 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2030 by its wholly owned subsidiary, Burford Capital Global Finance LLC. 

The 6.875% senior notes due 2030 are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Burford Capital as well as Burford Capital Finance LLC and Burford Capital PLC, both indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Burford Capital.

Partner Bryon Rees led the Ogier team, which included managing associate Michelle Watson Bunn and associate Belinda Hartzenberg, working with lead counsel in the United States Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP and Burford Capital's English counsel, Freshfields, Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, as well as White & Case LLP for the initial purchasers.

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, DC, Singapore, Sydney and Hong Kong.