Practice Areas
Edmund Burge K.C. specialises in prosecuting and defending serious and complex financial/ commercial crime, and in providing strategic pre-charge advice e.g. client engagement with on-going investigations.
Career
Edmund was called by Lincoln’s Inn in 1997 and took Silk in 2019. He is a Deputy High Court Judge, a Recorder, and is authorised to sit at the Old Bailey.
Recent cases:
Re: A Trust: Advising a billion-dollar off-shore trust on its response to the seizure of its records by law-enforcement agents, and allegations of large-scale tax fraud.
Op Afterburner: Prosecuting the unlicenced supply of fighter jets and air defence systems to embargoed states in Africa and the Middle East. Fixed for trial in April 2026.
Re: TF: Advising an overseas-owned UK company on efforts by foreign govt agencies to access its UK bank accounts.
Re: SFO v. S: Advising the former director of a multinational company on the SFO's jurisdiction over allegations of bribery and corruption overseas.
Op Barbados: Prosecuting a 24-handed £20m VAT-fraud, over four 16-week trials between Sept 2023 and April 2025.
Project Cortez: Conducting a private prosecution of the trustee of a family trust, accused of defrauding it of over $1m.
