---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001714174-26-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BUR"
cik: "0001714174"
company_name: "Burford Capital Ltd"
filed_at: "2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T18:49:21.684889+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Burford Capital President Aviva Will to step down, become Vice Chair

## Summary
- Effective March 11, 2026, Will ceases as President and becomes Vice Chair, no longer an executive officer.
- Two-year employment term with $1M annual base salary; one-time cash retention of $1,762,984.88 plus RSU grants.
- Severance if terminated without Cause: greater of continued salary or $1M plus 12 months COBRA; one-year non-compete and non-solicit.
- Existing RSUs and carry continue; 2025 vintage carry at same level as 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001714174-26-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BUR
- cik: 0001714174
- company_name: Burford Capital Ltd
- filed_at: 2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1714174/000171417426000010/0001714174-26-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1714174/000171417426000010/bur-20260303.htm

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