Anita Clifford

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 2

Sanctions

All Circuits

2 Years Ranked

Band 3

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture

All Circuits

6 Years Ranked

Band 4

Financial Crime

London (Bar)

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Anita Clifford

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Anita Clifford has a financial crime practice and represents individuals and corporates in criminal proceedings and civil proceeds of crime matters including restraint applications and account forfeiture. She has a wealth of experience handling money laundering investigations brought by regulators and is entrusted to advise 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 defending an executive facing a multi million pound restraint, acting for a corporate on an account forfeiture order in excess of £1 million, defending the CEO on a high profile bribery prosecution, advising a company executive under investigation by the Insolvency Service, advising insurers on trade credit claims in the context of UK sanctions regime and advising on Suspicious Activity Reporting in relation to high value commercial property transactions. She was part of the counsel team that successfully represented the appellant in the landmark 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.

Professional Memberships

Criminal Bar Association, Female Fraud Forum, South Eastern Circuit, Women in Criminal Law and Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Sanctions - All Circuits

Band 2

Individual Editorial

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.

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POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture - All Circuits

Band 3

Individual Editorial

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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Financial Crime - London (Bar)

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Anita Clifford is a well-respected junior who is noted for her expertise in financial crime. She both prosecutes and defends in a variety of cases, including those relating to serious frauds and money laundering offences, amongst others.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Anita Clifford is very responsive. She is prompt and technically very good. She is proactive and creative. She is totally reliable.

Sanctions respondent
UK Bar

Anita Clifford is incredibly bright and industrious. She is switched on to sanctions.

Sanctions respondent
UK Bar

Anita is encyclopaedic on the law and a genuine hard worker. She's very well regarded.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Intellectually very strong and someone with judgement beyond her years. She's got everything - she's amenable, efficient and a real junior of first choice.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Anita is incredibly easy to work with, highly intelligent and very in-depth. She has good knowledge of the information in the case and distils points very quickly.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Anita Clifford has a great work ethic and is very knowledgeable.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Anita Clifford is quiet and understated, but really clever and steely. She's great.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Anita has a great work ethic. She was really great and very knowledgeable. She is a renowned expert.

Financial Crime respondent
UK Bar

She is bright and industrious.

Financial Crime respondent
UK Bar

She is encyclopaedic on the law and a very hard worker. She is very well regarded.

Financial Crime respondent
UK Bar

Anita Clifford is very responsive. She is prompt and technically very good. She is proactive and creative. She is totally reliable.

Sanctions respondent
UK Bar

Anita Clifford is incredibly bright and industrious. She is switched on to sanctions.

Sanctions respondent
UK Bar

Anita is encyclopaedic on the law and a genuine hard worker. She's very well regarded.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Intellectually very strong and someone with judgement beyond her years. She's got everything - she's amenable, efficient and a real junior of first choice.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Anita is incredibly easy to work with, highly intelligent and very in-depth. She has good knowledge of the information in the case and distils points very quickly.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Anita Clifford has a great work ethic and is very knowledgeable.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Anita Clifford is quiet and understated, but really clever and steely. She's great.

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent
UK Bar

Anita has a great work ethic. She was really great and very knowledgeable. She is a renowned expert.

Financial Crime respondent
UK Bar

She is bright and industrious.

Financial Crime respondent
UK Bar

She is encyclopaedic on the law and a very hard worker. She is very well regarded.

Financial Crime respondent
UK Bar

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About

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Chambers Review

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Individual Editorial

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture - All Circuits

Individual Editorial

Financial Crime - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

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