Charlie Rooke

Charlie Rooke is a Director at Burford Capital with responsibility for assessing and underwriting legal finance opportunities across the UK and Europe, with a focus on complex commercial and competition litigation. He draws on extensive experience in both private practice and in-house legal roles.

Prior to joining Burford, Charlie was a senior counsel at the Royal Bank of Canada, where he managed multi-million-pound disputes and competition claims across the UK, Europe and APAC region. He also handled significant regulatory enforcement matters involving a broad range of global regulators.

Earlier in his career, Charlie was a litigator at Freshfields in London, representing major banks and large corporates in the UK and internationally across a wide range of litigation matters, particularly those involving complex financial products and markets.

Charlie earned a BA in Law from Oxford University and completed his LPC at BPP Law School in London.