Anita Clifford
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 3 : POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture
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Anita Clifford has a financial crime practice and is experienced in advising individuals and corporates on sensitive POCA issues, including in relation to Suspicious Activity Reports. Anita also has a civil POCA practice. She appears on asset forfeiture matters, including cash and account forfeiture proceedings. Dual-qualified, Anita qualified as a solicitor in Australia in 2011 before joining the Bar of England & Wales in 2017. Her recent work includes advising and representing a large money service business following suspension of registration by HMRC for alleged anti-money laundering breaches, advising a trust and company service provider in relation to historical AML breaches of significant duration, advising a law firm on Suspicious Activity Reporting in the context of UK sanctions targeting Russia, representing a respondent company on a contested account forfeiture proceeding, and judicial review of a decision declining to commence a proceeds of crime investigation in relation to a high-profile matter in the context of supply chains. Anita has been instructed by the Council of Europe and African Union (the latter through the International Lawyers Project) on corruption and money laundering projects directed at law reform. She is a contributor to Lloyds Law Reports on Financial Crime.
Professional Memberships
Criminal Bar Association, Female Fraud Forum, South Eastern Circuit, Women in Criminal Law and Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association
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