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I am a Director heading Burford Capital's investment activity and operations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, focused on working with companies, funds, investors and law firms engaged in complex commercial litigation and arbitration in Europe and abroad. My work is being recognised by the leading directories including Chambers 2022-24 (Band 1) and Lexology 2020-24 (Thought Leader Global Elite & Client Choice Award 2025). Burford Capital is the leading global finance and investment 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 London and New York Stock Exchange, and it works with law firms and clients around the world.Prior to joining Burford, I was a senior disputes lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills in Hong Kong and Schellenberg Wittmer in Zurich. In this role, I handled complex multi-jurisdictional commercial matters for global businesses across numerous sectors including automotive, energy production, industrial manufacturing and construction. I had previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group, the German Parliament, and the Foreign Relations Office of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.I have held various academic positions, including as research assistant in German private law and international human rights law, taught Swiss private law at the University of Basel, and have published in the fields of arbitration, legal finance, as well as contract and public international law.

Listed skills include Arbitration, International Arbitration, Litigation, German Law, and 30 others.