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

Partner

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.