In this insightful discussion, Charles Griffin, Senior Vice President at Burford Capital, shares his journey from law school to leading efforts in legal finance. He explores the rising financial pressures in healthcare and the mounting legal claims providers face. Charles delves into the role of legal finance in navigating antitrust opportunities and the significant Blue Cross Blue Shield class action settlement. Learn how Burford advises its clients while upholding professional ethics and the future of healthcare litigation.
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Career Path Blends Law and Finance
Charles Griffin shared his career path from law school through clerking and litigation to legal finance at Burford Capital.
His background combines extensive litigation experience and prior finance work, blending law and finance skills effectively.
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Healthcare Providers' Financial Squeeze
Healthcare providers face rising costs in labor and inputs after COVID, but payment rates from government and insurers lag behind.
Insurers exert strong bargaining power to contain costs, squeezing providers' profitability.
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Legal Finance and Antitrust Opportunities
Legal finance helps businesses monetize valuable legal claims for immediate cash before resolution.
Antitrust claims in healthcare involving large market players create significant demand for such financing.
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What is driving disputes in the business of healthcare, and how should providers and other parties handle the growing range of legal claims? Amidst renewed interest in healthcare in America, these are the questions we unpack today with the help of our guest, the Senior Vice President at Burford Capital, Charles Griffin. Charles has a background in litigation and finance, and he begins by walking us through his career trajectory from law school to now. Then, our conversation explores Burford’s interest in the healthcare sector and how the current climate facilitates antitrust opportunities for legal finance before diving into the Blue Cross Blue Shield class action settlement from a legal finance perspective. We discover why large medical providers still require legal finance, how the Burford team advises its clients in step with attorney professional and ethical obligations, why some major antitrust settlements may not have a government regulator present, and what the future of healthcare litigation may look like. To end, Charles explains why today’s conversation is vital for anyone in healthcare or legal finance as we learn about the overarching value of legal finance.
Key Points From This Episode:
Charles Griffin describes his role as Senior Vice President at Burford Capital.
Journeying through his career path from law school until now.
When Burford first started paying attention to the healthcare sector.
The reasons behind the mounting financial pressures on healthcare providers.
How the current climate creates significant antitrust opportunities for legal finance.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield class action settlement from a legal finance perspective.
Why hospitals and other large healthcare providers still require capital through legal finance.
Charles’ final thoughts on the Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement.
How he and his team advise their clients without imparting legal advice.
The future of healthcare litigation.
Why government regulators are sometimes absent from large antitrust settlements.
Our guest explains why today’s conversation matters for healthcare and legal finance.
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