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Mr Roger Burlingame

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Work Department

White Collar Defense and Investigations; Private Equity Litigation and Enforcement; Trials; Regulatory Compliance

Position

Partner

Career

Roger A. Burlingame represents individuals and corporations in white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations, regulatory enforcement matters and civil litigation. A former high-ranking and decorated prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice and seasoned trial lawyer now based in London, Mr. Burlingame defends clients throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa in cross-border U.S. government investigations and related civil litigation. He serves as lead defense counsel in high-profile investigations involving fraud, collusion, manipulation and abuse in financial markets, FCPA violations, money laundering, asset forfeiture and tax evasion. He also advises on U.S. sanctions, import/export control, IEEPA and CFIUS issues.

Lauded as “the go-to guy for European targets of high-profile U.S.-facing investigations,” Mr. Burlingame is recommended by The Legal 500 UK in both Fraud: White-Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations and Fraud: Corporate Crime. Chambers & Partners similarly acknowledges Mr. Burlingame as a “go-to lawyer for US law issues,” with a “fantastic knowledge and understanding of U.S. criminal law” (Chambers UK, 2019).

As a prosecutor, Mr. Burlingame served as Chief of the Public Integrity Section and Senior Trial Counsel in the Business and Securities Fraud Section at the U.S. Department of Justice and an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. In these roles, he led/supervised scores of white-collar criminal matters, including securities, corporate, tax, healthcare and accounting frauds, collusive market practices and bribery/FCPA investigations. Mr. Burlingame also led/oversaw mutual legal assistance treaty requests and extraditions.
Before joining Dechert, Mr. Burlingame was a partner at a well-known disputes and investigations firm.

Languages

English

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)

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Roger Burlingame – Dechert LLP

Working in close collaboration with its US offices, Dechert LLP leverages the firm’s global capabilities to regularly defend board members, executives, and senior directors in multijurisdictional investigations and proceedings concerning sanctions violations, market manipulation, and insider trading. Former DOJ prosecutor Roger Burlingame oversees the practice and is a key port of call for UK clients facing investigations and proceedings in the US; Matthew Mazur is another key name here. Other key members of the team include bribery specialist Tim Bowden and the ‘very persuasive‘ Evan Flowers. Judith Seddon and Matthew Banham left the team in March 2024, while Matthew Cowie departed in November 2023.

London > Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)

Roger Burlingame heads up the financial crime and investigations offering at Dechert LLP, which leverages the firm’s global network of offices to expertly handle multijurisdictional investigations, regulatory enforcement actions, and criminal proceedings with ‘real commercial savvy’. With notable strength in the aviation sector, ESG, cryptocurrencies, and sanctions issues also feature prominently in the group’s recent caseload. Former DoJ prosecutor Burlingame advises UK and European corporate clients facing investigations by the US government, while Evan Flowers is a key contact for clients in the financial services, energy, and healthcare industries. Former practice head Judith Seddon and Matthew Banham left the team in March 2024, while Matthew Cowie departed in November 2023.

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