Anwar practices in all areas of serious crime. He has extensive experience in business crime with a deep knowledge of the law and practice of international co-operation. His civil practice reflects his experience in commercial crime and focuses on all aspects of civil fraud. Anwar is also instructed in local authority child abuse cases.
Business Crime
Anwar has been instructed in many complex fraud and money laundering cases, acting alone and with a leader. He has particular experience of the use, and abuse, of trust and corporate structures in off-shore jurisdictions. He has advised public and private clients on international co-operation involving the UK, Jersey, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Isle of Man and Portugal in relation to money laundering, corruption and drug dealing cases.
Anwar was instructed by the Attorney General in Jersey’s most extensive, complex and high-profile prosecution for a financial crime – that of a financial service provider for offences of money laundering. In the United Kingdom, he was instructed in two multi-million pound money laundering cases involving hawalla banking. He has been asked to advise as to the securing by Bahrain of international co-operation from the UK and various off-shore jurisdictions in a corruption case.
He has lectured upon the use of trust and corporate structures for tax evasion.
Crime
Anwar acts regularly for the prosecution and defence across the range of serious crime, including murder, serious violence, sexual offences, drug trafficking including high value importations, dishonesty and death by dangerous driving. His experience includes fatal baby shaking cases.
Commercial Law
Anwar’s work in this area focuses exclusively on civil fraud and reflects his knowledge of the use of trust and corporate structures to hide assets. He has experience of the civil dimension of asset forfeiture and the proceeds of crime and is familiar with the statutory regimes governing this area of the law.
Personal Injury
Anwar specialises in local authority child abuse cases. He has acted for local authorities in high-profile multi-party cases involving allegations of sexual abuse.
Key cases
- AG of Jersey v Michel and Gallichan: multi million pound money laundering by a trust and corporate services provider
- R v Basra and R v Choudhary: multi million pound money laundering using hawalla banking
- C v Flintshire County Council [2001] EWCA Civ 302; Times, March 13, 2001: Damages in cases of sexual, physical and emotional abuse of children in care
- Various v Flintshire County Council (2000): North Wales Children Homes Litigation
Contact Anwar Nashashibi
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7242 3555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clerks@7br.co.uk