Dr. Anna Bradshaw (née Odby)
Anna advises individuals and corporates on all aspects of financial crime and economic sanctions risk, compliance and enforcement.
Anna is ranked in Chambers UK (2022) as “a well-known expert on anti-money laundering” and is also recommended for her specialist knowledge of economic sanctions. She is described as an "excellent lawyer", "who understands sanctions and POCA very well".
Chambers UK (2023) mentions that Anna has a respected reputation in the POCA space and is a well-known expert on anti-money laundering, noting that she is also recommended for her specialist knowledge of economic sanctions.
Anna is ranked as a ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ by Who’s Who Legal for her work on International Sanctions (2021, 2022 and 2023 editions), with one edition describing her as “a brilliant attorney” who is recognised as “one of the best for complex sanctions issues and related litigation”. She is also recommended by Who’s Who Legal for her work in Business Crime Defence (2021 and 2022 edition), and Investigations (2022 edition).
Anna is recommended by Legal 500 (2023) as knowledgeable about economic sanctions and export control, and for her work on Regulatory Investigations, being a go-to for Serious Fraud Office investigations and prosecutions, fraud and money laundering allegation, as well as General Crime, as extremely pragmatic, as a leading expert in proceeds of crime legislation. One client said: “Anna Bradshaw has an amazing ability to break down the most mind-boggling regulations into manageable concepts and to develop strategies to address such regulatory risks. Anna’s composed manner and strategic outlook help find long term and future-proof solutions.”
Anna is an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), assisting the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) with their research on US, EU and UK sanctions. She has been a member of the Law Society’s EU Committee since 2011 and has given evidence in Parliament on EU criminal law and criminal justice cooperation matters. She is Consultation Secretary to the Fraud Lawyers' Association (FLA) and consultant adviser to Thomson Reuters Practical Law as a member of the Consultation Board for Business Crime & Investigations.
Anna co-edits The Guide to Sanctions, published by the Global Investigations Review (currently in its third edition) and co-wrote the chapter 'Representing Designated Persons: A UK Lawyer’s Perspective' with Alistair Jones. She holds a doctorate in anti-money laundering regulation.
Case examples
Sanctions
Provided expert evidence on UK sanctions law in support of legal proceedings in New Zealand, Targa Capital Limited v Westpac New Zealand Ltd [2023] NZHC 230
Represents designated persons in pending sanctions challenges in the UK, EU and Canada and successfully represented an EU-sanctioned individual in annulment proceedings brought in the EU General Court in Sabra v Council (Case T-249/20)
Represents interested parties in applications for seizure of frozen assets in proceedings worldwide and related sanctions compliance advice
Successfully resisted cash and listed items forfeiture applications based on suspected sanctions breaches
Advises and assists multinational corporations with the submission of financial sanctions and trade sanctions licence applications and related compliance advice including the design and implementation of internal policies and procedures
Advises and represents entities in connection with internal and external investigations into suspected financial and trade sanctions and export control breaches and related money laundering offences, including compliance with reporting obligations
Financial crime
Successfully resisted account freezing orders based on alleged umbrella company fraud
Successfully resisted UK mutual legal assistance request related to high-profile multinational fraud investigations and prosecutions
Represents witnesses in ongoing Serious Fraud Office investigations into alleged overseas bribery and corruption and related money laundering
Represents high-profile individuals and corporates challenging bank account freezes and closures based on financial crime risk assessments
Advises on the exercise of data subject rights under data protection law in relation to criminal offence data
Related expertise
- Account Freezing & Forfeiture & Cash Detention
- Bank Account Freezing
- Bribery & Corruption
- Business Ethics, Human Rights & Product/Service Risk
- Compliance
- Criminal Cartels
- Criminal Fraud
- Criminal Restraint & Confiscation
- Cybercrime & Data Theft
- Dawn Raids
- Employee Fraud
- Extradition
- General Crime
- INTERPOL Red Notices
- Internal Investigations
- Money Laundering
- Mutual Legal Assistance
- Sanctions & Export Controls
- Tax Prosecutions
- Unexplained Wealth Orders