SAN FRANCISCO — Chicago-based litigation funder Longford Capital Management is planning an expansion of its operations to the Bay Area, joining a growing wave of finance firms seeking to capitalize on high-stakes business litigation in the region.

“We are speaking to at least a couple of different lawyers from top firms in the San Francisco-Silicon Valley area that are interested in working with us,” William Farrell Jr., a managing director at Longford, told The Recorder when asked about rumors of the expansion.

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