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Anna Bradshaw

Anna is a Partner in the Business Crime Department. She advises individuals and corporates on all aspects of financial crime and economic sanctions risk, compliance and enforcement. She’s highly ranked by the leading directories and has been described as “a well-known expert on anti-money laundering”. Who’s Who Legal ranks her as among the world’s leading lawyers for Business Crime Defence: Individuals (2021 edition), as a “Future Leader” for Investigations (2020 and 2021 editions) and as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” on International Sanctions for Trade & Customs (2019, 2020 and 2021 editions), describing her as “highly knowledgeable in the area” with “a real depth of expertise”. Anna is an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, assisting the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies with research on US, EU and UK sanctions. She sits on 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 and consultant adviser to Thomson Reuters Practical Law as a member of the Consultation Board for Business Crime & Investigations, and co-editor of the GIR Guide to Sanctions (1st and 2nd editions). She holds a doctorate in anti-money laundering regulation. · Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP

EnglandBusiness Crime, Financial Crime

About

Partner in the Business Crime Department at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP, advising individuals and corporates on financial crime, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions risk, compliance and enforcement. She holds a PhD in anti-money laundering regulation, is highly ranked in leading directories (including Who's Who Legal), is an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute and sits on the Law Society's EU Committee.

Practice areas

Business CrimeFinancial CrimeSanctionsInvestigationsComplianceRegulatory InvestigationsExtradition

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Expertise

Anti-money launderingEconomic sanctionsFinancial crime complianceInvestigationsTrade & customs sanctionsEU criminal law and criminal justice cooperationExtradition-related defence

Education

  • University of East Anglia (LLB, 2000)
  • University of Edinburgh (LLM, 2002)
  • University of Westminster (PhD, 2006)