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 (KBD), a Recorder of the Crown and County Courts, and sits at the Old Bailey.
Recent cases:
Op Afterburner: Prosecuting the unlicenced supply of fighter jets, combat helicopters, air defence systems and battle tanks to embargoed states in Africa and the Middle East. Fixed for trial in April 2026.
Op Barbados: Prosecuting a 24-handed £multi-million VAT fraud over 4 consecutive 5-month trials between Sept 2023 and July 2025.
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.
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.
Project Cortez: Conducting a private prosecution of the trustee of a family trust, accused of defrauding it of over $1m.
Professional appointments:
*Attorney-General’s panel of Special Advocates
*SFO panel of Prosecution Silks
*KC member of the Council of the Inns of Court’s Tribunal Appointments Body
Professional Memberships
CBA, FLA, PPA, PoCLA and CPA.
