Roger Burlingame
Dechert LLPWorking 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.
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- 'Matt Mazur was always well-prepared, knew the details when they mattered and was exceptionally helpful.’
‘Dechert have in-depth knowledge of how the regulators work and think - so they are brilliantly-placed to stay ahead of the game strategically. They are experts at building the right team for the needs of the case.’
‘Evan Flowers is energetic, very persuasive and always has innovative problem-solving ideas. He is driven to get results that really work for his clients.’
‘Roger Burlingame is highly sought after on US-UK extradition matters and can assemble a powerful team on the big ticket cases.'
‘Roger Burlingame is a smart, savvy, very personable lawyer with a keen sense for what matters and what is and is not persuasive.’
'Roger Burlingame is the stand out individual in this area. Active, agile and hugely accomplished as well as being very international.'
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Roger Burlingame