ANNE CROSSFIELD

YEAR OF CALL: 1993 Lincoln’s Inn

Practice Areas

  • Family Law, Prosecution and Defence Criminal Law work, Housing, Civil Litigation/Chancery, Commercial Law, Mediation, Pensions, Regulatory Advice, Teaching Law-Civil Litigation and Equity Finance

Education:

  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) Birmingham University 1983

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance (Distinction) Nottingham University (1990) - included modules on International Banking; Corporate Finance; Venture Capital; Insurance.

Qualified to obtain Instructions Directly from the public under the Bar Council’s Public Direct Access Scheme.

Experience

Public and Private Sector

  • Domestic and International Mediator-qualified in November 2020 accredited by PDSL and the IMI

  • Previously worked in the City of London as an International Equities Broker, and in Compliance

  • Panel Member at the First International Financial Law Review ‘Africa Forum 2012

  • Member of Chatham House

  • Member of The KitSon Thank Tank Paris France

  • Former Member of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)1996-2003: President of the AIJA Banking and Finance Commission 2001-2003

  • Past Chairman of the British Fulbright Scholars Association (BFSA) an international charity for alumni- this was a two-year voluntary post January 2006 to December 2007-thereafter for several years Committee member of the BFSA

  • Graduate CCF Impact Leadership in Public Life Course 2013-14 graduated in Geneva in July 2014-wide-ranging leadership Course author of papers on poverty alleviation and counter-terrorism/contributor to debates on Scottish devolution and the EU Referendum

  • Past Chair ‘Women of Africa’ (WOA), a charity founded by the late Alice Ukoko – I pushed for assistance for Africa for the alleviation of starvation for many years: whilst Chair of this Charity I worked through diplomatic channels to combat the Ebola Crisis in 2014/5 by persuading Governments with the Founder of WOA Alice Ukoko, to construct an international military and health alliance

  • Author of ‘National Knife Crime Prevention Strategy 2019’ England and Wales

Skills

  • Advocacy

  • Committee Chair experience

  • Diplomacy/Fulbright Scholar UK Fulbright Alumni Chair 2006/7

  • Experience of diplomacy/working on disease prevention in Africa 2014/5

  • International Conference Organisation experience/AIJA

  • Public Speaking

Languages

  • French-Business Level

  • German-Conversationa