With reactivated courts processing a backlog of cases, Burford Capital, the world’s largest publicly traded litigation funding company, tripled consolidated revenues to reach $1.1 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, allowing for the growth of earnings per share by a factor of 19 to $2.74.

Leaders told investors on March 14 that pre-pandemic portfolio growth translated into more than a billion dollars in realizations on a groupwide basis, up 52%. And with courts back in business, leaders are expecting substantial levels of activity in the coming years.