Edmund Burge KC
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 4 : Financial Crime
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About
Provided by Edmund Burge KC
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.
Publications
Contributing editor to Phipson on Evidence.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Edmund Burge KC is a popular and highly experienced barrister who frequently leads for the prosecution. His high-value financial criminal cases include a number relating to MTIC (missing trader intra-community), VAT and diversion fraud. He also prosecutes money laundering matters and acts as a regular adviser to the Crown Prosecution Service on pre-charge investigations. Burge is rated for his ability to handle the more complex cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Edmund has that experience, calmness and surety that comes with having done really messy and tricky cases before. He is able to stand up and command the confidence of the judge."
"Edmund Burge has a lovely brain on him. He is mentally astute and eloquent for a jury."
"Edmund has that experience, calmness and surety that comes with having done really messy and tricky cases before. He is able to stand up and command the confidence of the judge."
"Edmund Burge has a lovely brain on him. He is mentally astute and eloquent for a jury."
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