Ed Pearson is a solicitor at Fulcrum specialising in international corporate investigations and defence.

He has conducted internal investigations, designed compliance programmes, and acted as defence counsel in relation to a wide variety of white-collar crime and regulatory issues, including money laundering, bribery and corruption, tax evasion, sanctions breaches, accounting irregularities, and breaches of FCA regulations, amongst others.

He has significant experience representing senior individuals and multi-national corporations involving governmental agencies and regulatory bodies including the SFO, DoJ, FCA, and FRC. 

Ed joined Fulcrum in 2018 after 6 years at Debevoise & Plimpton where he worked in both the London and Moscow offices. Prior to his career in law, he spent 4 months working for a former Chancellor of the Exchequer. He is a Scholar of University College, Oxford where he gained an MA in Modern History.