WilmerHale
Client SatisfactionCombining ‘US law firm heft coupled with gold-standard UK lawyers’, WilmerHale excels in representing financial services entities and senior executives in large-scale regulatory investigations and enforcements. In this context, the team is particularly effective in helping clients navigate matters with regulatory and criminal implications, through large-scale internal or regulatory agency-led investigations. The ’hugely impressive and experienced’ Richard Burger ‘will leave no stone unturned in achieving the best for his clients’. He has vast experience defending clients before a range of regulatory bodies including FCA, SFO and the US DOJ. Hot on the heels of Burger’s arrival from DWF in January 2023, the firm welcomed the arrival of Imogen Makin from the same firm in January 2024. Makin is also noted for her aptitude at handling global investigations. The ’legendary’ Stephen Pollard co-heads the team alongside Burger and is able to leverage ‘deep experience across the regulatory and criminal divide’.
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- 'Richard Burger is very hardworking and conscientious, will leave no stone unturned in achieving best for his clients.'
- 'Richard Burger is hugely impressive and experienced.'
- 'The legendary Stephen Pollard has a unique blend of deep experience over many years and across the regulatory and criminal divide.'
- 'We have referred numerous matters to WilmerHale over the years. Predominantly because of how highly we rate Stephen Pollard, but also because of their deep expertise in contentious financial services investigations.'
- 'Recruited top UK regulatory solicitor to beef up its UK regulatory and professional discipline practice.'
- 'The team, led by the legendary Stephen Pollard, is second to none. US law firm heft coupled with gold-standard UK lawyers makes them as good as anyone in this area.'
- 'In addition to Stephen Pollard, the firm recently recruited the hugely impressive and experienced Richard Burger who is a stellar addition to their ranks.'
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Stephen Pollard, Richard Burger