Richard Burger

Practice Areas

Richard Burger is a seasoned white-collar defence and investigations practitioner with over 25 years' experience in complex domestic and international regulatory enforcement and criminal investigations.

Career

Richard's practice spans all aspects of corporate crime, securities enforcement, and financial services compliance. He is highly experienced in advising boards on: close supervision by regulators, anti-financial crime, focusing on bribery, as well as corporate governance issues; conducting internal corporate investigations, as well as devising remediation schemes. He has conducted private prosecutions for regulators and local government, as well as on behalf of corporates to protect their assets.

He has successfully defended clients under investigation by a wide range of regulators and agencies including the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Society of Lloyd's, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), National Crime Agency (NCA) and US Department of Justice (DOJ).

He has also represented professional services firms and their partners under investigation by the FRC, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), with a particular focus on non-financial misconduct and anti-money laundering systems governance.