Burford's $160M GKC Buy Creates Litigation Funding Giant

By Benjamin Horney ( December 14, 2016, 5:50 PM EST) -- New York-headquartered litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. has agreed to buy Chicago-based peer Gerchen Keller Capital LLC for $160 million, the companies said Wednesday, in a deal that combines the two largest finance litigation players in the world. . . .

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