Cristiana Burger

Cristiana is a Trainee Solicitor at Expatriate Law’s London office, supporting senior solicitors in a variety of cases. She joined the firm as a Paralegal in February 2023 and was promoted to Trainee Solicitor in February 2024. Before joining Expatriate Law, she volunteered at St Michael’s Legal Drop-In in Camden and the Citizens Advice Bureau in Hammersmith & Fulham.

Cristiana holds an MA Law (SQE1) from the University of Law which she completed in 2024 and is preparing to take the SQE2 exams to qualify as a solicitor in 2025. She earned her MA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh in 2021. Cristiana has a strong interest in legal writing and research, which she continues to develop at Expatriate Law. After six months with the firm, she attended the International Society of Family Law conference in Antwerp, where she presented her findings on the legal differences in surrogacy between England and California. She also contributed to Expatriate Law’s first donor conception agreement for which she co-wrote an article, demonstrating her interest in modern families.

Raised across the United States, Germany, and Switzerland before moving to the UK for university, Cristiana is well-acquainted with the expatriate lifestyle. She is fluent in German at the C1 level.

Education

• University of Law (MA Law, SQE1, 2024)
• University of Edinburgh (MA (Hons) in International Relations, 2021)

Additional languages

• German