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Provided by Anita Clifford
Practice Areas
Anita Clifford has a financial crime practice and represents individuals and corporates in criminal proceedings and civil proceeds of crime matters including account forfeiture. She also has a wealth of experience handling money laundering investigations brought by regulators and in discreetly advising leading law firms, corporates and individuals on sensitive POCA and sanctions issues. Dual-qualified, Anita was a solicitor in Australia from 2011 before joining the Bar of England & Wales in 2017. Her recent work includes acting for a corporate on an account forfeiture order in excess of £1 million, defending the CEO on a high profile bribery prosecution, advising insurers on multi million pound trade credit claims and the implications of the UK Russian sanctions regime and advising on Suspicious Activity Reporting in the context of a commercial property transaction relating to a landmark property. In 2024 she was part of the counsel team that successfully represented the appellant in the cutting-edge case of WUC v NCA [2024] EWCA Civ 715 which considered the effect of POCA on tainted supply chains for the first time. She is a contributor to Lloyds Law Reports on Financial Crime.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Anita Clifford of Red Lion Chambers advises a broad host of clients on sanctions compliance and contentious challenges. Additionally, she brings to bear rare experience advising on anti-corruption sanction regimes. Clifford's broader practice complements her sanctions offering well, centring on POCA, AML and asset forfeiture.
Anita Clifford is a strong practitioner with noted experience in Unexplained Wealth Orders and financial crime. She is active in both domestic and multi-jurisdictional money laundering matters, and is an expert in compliance and confiscation issues.
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Provided by Chambers
"Anita provides clear advice dependent on key factual points, with practical steps to take."
"Anita is extremely knowledgeable, with a smooth approach. Working with her was an exceptional experience."
"Anita is very knowledgeable about proceeds of crime. She is very smart, highly responsive and always looking for creative ways to extricate the team from problems."
"Anita deals with each case thoroughly and in a sophisticated manner."
"Anita provides clear advice dependent on key factual points, with practical steps to take."
"Anita is extremely knowledgeable, with a smooth approach. Working with her was an exceptional experience."
"Anita is very knowledgeable about proceeds of crime. She is very smart, highly responsive and always looking for creative ways to extricate the team from problems."
"Anita deals with each case thoroughly and in a sophisticated manner."
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