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Anna Rothwell writes for Financial News on why banks and professional services firms need a thorough sanctions review
March 10 2022
She qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and joined Corker Binning in February 2010. She became Of Counsel in 2018.
Areas of expertise
Anna specialises in criminal litigation, business crime and extradition. She has considerable experience of representing individuals accused of bribery, corruption, money laundering, false accounting and fraud offences, and has advised on numerous domestic and cross-border investigations brought by the Serious Fraud Office, National Crime Agency and Crown Prosecution Service.
Anna also has extensive experience of advising in relation to international law matters and complex extradition cases, as well as advising clients upon matters of immunity and crimes of universal jurisdiction and the powers of the International Criminal Court (ICC). She has experience of advising on matters involving the US Department of Justice, advising both witnesses and those whose extradition is sought for prosecution, and challenging INTERPOL red notices.
Anna has also acted in regulatory and criminal matters under investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority, such as misleading the market and insider dealing. She has advised and represented individuals in a number of complex and lengthy asset freezing and forfeiture applications, cash seizure, restraint and confiscation matters.
Anna also has years of experience of advising in the police station and in relation to Magistrates’ and Crown Court trials, including representing individuals facing prosecution for sexual offences including rape, sexual assault and historic sexual offences, offences against the person involving serious violence and public order offences, drug supply offences, causing death and serious injury by dangerous and careless driving, perverting the course of justice and misconduct in a public office.
Extradition and International Law
This includes advising two Russian nationals on an application by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) for forfeiture of approximately £13m held in multiple UK bank accounts – the MPS withdrew the application following service of detailed expert and witness evidence and agreed to pay a substantial sum of money in lieu of our clients’ legal costs; and
Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions
Anna joined Corker Binning in 2010, having previously worked as a duty solicitor at Wilsons Solicitors. She has a Bachelor of Laws from University College London and a Master’s degree with distinction in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex.
Anna is a committee member of the Defence Extradition Lawyers’ Forum (DELF). She is a member of JUSTICE, the Fraud Lawyers Association (FLA), Women in Criminal Law (WICL) and the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA). She is the former Treasurer of the Extradition Lawyers’ Association. She sat on the JUSTICE Working Party on Prosecuting Sexual Offences in 2018-2019.
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This includes advising two Russian nationals on an application by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) for forfeiture of approximately £13m held in multiple UK bank accounts – the MPS withdrew the application following service of detailed expert and witness evidence and agreed to pay a substantial sum of money in lieu of our clients’ legal costs; and
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