Jonathan Fisher

Dr Jonathan Fisher KC is a Visiting Professor at LSE Law School and a Senior Fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science, specializing in Financial Crime research and teaching. He combines academic work with a high-profile legal practice as a leading Barrister at Red Lion Chambers and holds a PhD from LSE focused on money laundering reporting obligations and corporate rights. Fisher earned an LLM from St Catharine’s College Cambridge, a BA in Law from London Metropolitan University, and received an Honorary Doctor of Law from UWE Bristol in 2015.

• Key Roles: Chair of UK Government’s Independent Review on Disclosure, Editor Emeritus of Lloyds Law Reports: Financial Crime, and registered practitioner in Dubai International Financial Court.
• Research Focus: Financial crime prevention, economic sanctions, anti-money laundering frameworks, tax compliance, and intersections between human rights and financial regulation.
• Collaborations: Max Planck Institute, African Union, Council of Europe, European Union’s Academy of European Law, and London Fraud Forum.

His publications analyze legislative reforms (e.g., Serious Crime Act 2015), public-private partnerships in financial crime, and emerging risks like high-frequency trading abuse. Awards include Gray’s Inn Senior Scholarship and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Fisher’s work is frequently cited in legal directories for its gravitas and impact in high-stakes cases.