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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

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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