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Anthony Jensen

LinkedinSpecial Counsel

Anthony has over 18 years of experience, with a focus on financial services, credit and AML/CTF regulation, investigations and disputes.  This includes senior roles at regulators (ASIC and the Dubai Financial Services Authority), top-tier and boutique law firms, and in-house for an international casino & integrated resort group.

Admitted to Practice

2008

Key Areas of Expertise

  • Financial Services & Consumer Credit Regulation
  • Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Law
  • Corporate & Commercial Litigation

Career Achievements

  • Day-to-day defence of class actions and responses to Royal Commissions, as well as other complex regulatory investigations and litigation, for individual and corporate clients
  • Leading investigations and civil/administrative action against individuals and large/public companies for breaches of corporations, financial services and AML/CTF laws in Australia and Dubai, including record-setting penalties
  • Drafting policy, guidance and legislation to implement law reform for new or emerging subject matter, including AML/CTF, prudential oversight and digital (crypto) assets
  • Advising on successful implementation of remediation action plans and transformation efforts, following unprecedented levels of regulatory scrutiny for a global casino and integrated resort group

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws (Deakin University)
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Deakin University)
  • Master of Laws (University of Melbourne)

Favourite Quote

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” – Mike Tyson

My Thoughts

To apologise, or not to apologise – that is the question

25 Sep 2025

Imagine: Major news outlets have just published damaging allegations of serious and systemic misconduct by your business, potentially resulting in significant losses by your customers.  To make matters worse, the regulators have come knocking. On…

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Unprecedented wake-up call for AML/CTF in pubs & clubs: AUSTRAC sues Mounties

11 Aug 2025

Key takeaways: First AUSTRAC civil penalty proceeding brought against a pubs & clubs business, after ~5 years of putting the industry on notice Case stems from alleged failure to properly assess the specific ML/TF risks…

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Class actions and regulatory intervention – Two sides of the same sword?

02 Jun 2025

Since 1992, when class actions were enshrined in Australia’s legal framework, the link between them and regulatory interventions has been ever-present, and evolving. Having acted for parties on either side of both types of action,…

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