Anthony Hanratty

Anthony is an experienced criminal lawyer specialising in financial crime, extradition, INTERPOL Red Notices and economic sanctions. He is frequently instructed in complex cross-border investigations concerning allegations of fraud, bribery and money laundering.

Anthony represents corporates and individuals in criminal and regulatory investigations initiated by agencies such as the SFO, HMRC, CPS, NCA, FCA and US DoJ. He has considerable expertise of representing clients in interviews under caution, interviews in corporate internal investigations and in responding to SFO Section 2 Notices.

Anthony has consistently been recognised as a leading extradition expert and is vastly experienced in defending extradition requests from countries such as the US, Russia, India, UAE, Canada, Paraguay, Turkey and EU Member States. He has acted in some of the most complex and high-profile extradition cases to date and provides clients with realistic and achievable strategic advice on a myriad of issues arising from multi-agency cross-jurisdictional investigations.

Anthony has also established a busy practice advising clients on the pre-emptive blocking/deletion of INTERPOL Red Notices and Diffusions, together with the deletion of foreign convictions on their UK records.

The rapid expansion in the global use of economic sanctions means considerable uncertainty for individuals and entities doing business with sanctioned persons and/or in jurisdictions subject to sanctions. Anthony has advised U/HWNIs, charities, technology companies and financial institutions on sanctions issues concerning regimes such as Russia, Myanmar, Iran, Syria and Afghanistan.

Anthony is a founding member and Treasurer of the Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum and is also a member of the European Criminal Bar Association, International Bar Association and Fraud Lawyers Association.

Prior to joining Howard Kennedy, Anthony was a senior associate in the London office of a leading international law firm.