Joshua Andresen

International Lawyer and Legal Academic

Surrey, England, United Kingdom

About

Joshua is an international lawyer with experience and expertise ranging from the law of armed conflict and international human rights law to financial crime, sanctions risk and compliance, export and reexport controls, and anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). Joshua has been called upon to advise states, NGOs, and private corporations, provide expert opinions for international tribunals, and contribute to the work of UN Special Rapporteurs. Prior to Surrey, Joshua was Senior Policy Advisor for Europe, Russia, and Central Asia in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He was also an Attorney-Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, where he worked in the Office of the Legal Adviser for African and Near Eastern Affairs and in the Office of the Legal Adviser for United Nations. Joshua’s international law experience includes work at the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the High Court of Bombay. While in law school, Joshua also worked to defend people facing the death penalty with the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Equal Justice Initiative.

Experience

  • Associate Professor of National Security and Foreign Relations Law at University of Surrey
    Jul 2017 - Present · 9 yrs

  • Principal Sanctions and Financial Crime Advisor at Scientia Guidance
    Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

    Advise clients on all aspects of financial crime risk and compliance, including sanctions risk and compliance, export and reexport controls, specific licenses, and anti-money laundering (AML) issues.

  • Senior Policy Advisor at U.S. Department of the Treasury
    2016 - 2017 · 1 yr

    Senior Policy Advisor for Europe, Russia, and Central Asia Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes

  • Attorney-Adviser at U.S. Department of State
    2015 - 2016 · 1 yr

    Attorney-Adviser for African and Near Eastern Affairs and United Nations Affairs Office of the Legal Adviser

  • Court of Justice of the European Union (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
    • Judicial Clerk
      Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 · 3 mos

      Clerkship with Niilo Jääskinen, Advocate General, Summer 2014

    • Judicial Clerk
      May 2014 - Jun 2014 · 2 mos

      Clerkship with Heikki Kanninen, Judge and Vice President of the General Court, Summer 2014