5 St Andrew's Hill is delighted to announce the appointment of Edmund Burge as Queen's Counsel.

Edmund will be sworn in as a new silk on 11 March 2019 at a ceremony at Westminster Hall. 

Edmund is ranked in Chambers and Partners as a leader in financial crime at the London Bar and in January 2019 was appointed Queen's Counsel which takes effect upon the swearing-in ceremony on 11th March. He specialises in offences involving complex tax and commercial fraud, as well as in cases of corruption, arms-trafficking and brokering, money laundering, large-scale importations of drugs and firearms, and other serious organised crime. In addition to advocacy in substantive offences, he provides advice and representation in proceedings for ancillary matters such as asset forfeiture and confiscation.