Burford Capital Investment Management LLC (Chicago)

Burford Capital Investment Management LLC is a large advisory firm based in Chicago. It manages $2.53 billion of regulatory assets for 19 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2017 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, District of Columbia, Idaho, and Illinois.

Burford Capital Investment Management provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Burford Capital Investment Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Burford Capital Investment Management LLC is $2.53 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 100% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.45 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $2.53 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $133.06 million each.

Burford Capital Investment Management has custody of $20.8 million in cash and securities for 2 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Burford Capital Investment Management LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Burford Capital Investment Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Burford Capital Investment Management is pooled investment vehicles with 19 clients and $2.53 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Burford Capital Investment Management has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.53 billion for 19 clients. 58% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Burford Capital Investment Management also advises several private funds. Namely, two hedge funds and nine private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $25,000,000.

Careers at Burford Capital Investment Management LLC

The company employs 109 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 65 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Llc Gkc Holdings	Member	1 Apr 2013	75% - 100%	46-2640955
Llc Bcim Holdings	Member	1 Apr 2013	75% - 100%	46-2640955
Christopher Peter Bogart	Chief executive officer - burford capital llc	1 Dec 2016	Other	6029075
Jonathan Todd Molot	Chief investment officer - burford capital llc	1 Dec 2016	Other	6027605
Elizabeth Michelle Jeanne Oconnell	Chief financial officer - burford capital llc	1 Dec 2016	Other	2277022
Therese Marie Stoch	Chief financial officer, funds - burford capital llc	1 Dec 2016	Other	6290020
Adam Ryan Gerchen	President, burford capital llc	1 Dec 2016	Other	5387935
Travis Dean Lenkner	Managing director - burford capital llc / chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2016	Other	6300388
Mark Neil Klein	General counsel	1 Sep 2017	Other	6198669
Anne Marie Duffy	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2018	Other	6497294
James Kilman	Chief financial officer	1 Aug 2019	Other	1196228

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Invesco Uk Limited	Shareholder	1 Jul 1995	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Invesco Limited	Shareholder	1 Feb 1997	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Invesco Asset Management Ltd.	Shareholder	1 Oct 2009	25% - 50%	109985
Burford Capital Limited	Shareholder	1 Feb 2012	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Burford Capital Holdings (Uk) Limited	Manager / member	1 Nov 2013	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Burford Capital Llc	Manager / member	1 Dec 2016	75% - 100%	90-0526669

Based in Chicago

The principal office where Burford Capital Investment Management LLC performs its advisory services is located at 353 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Pacific Palisades, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 312-757-6070 or by fax 312-757-5005. The normal business hours are 8am-5pm on Monday - Friday.