Ed Pearson

Ed Pearson is a senior associate in the global international trade practice in London. Ed has significant expertise in the area of UK sanctions and export controls, advising sovereigns and companies operating in the financial services, technology, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, mining, and other sectors in relation to high-stakes and high-value transactions, including with respect to due diligence, negotiating contracts, sanctions compliance, and compliance uplifts. 

As well sanctions and export controls, Ed advises on a wide variety of other financial crime and regulatory issues, including money laundering, bribery and corruption, fraud, and the facilitation of tax evasion. 

Ed has significant experience of conducting internal investigations and responding to government and regulatory investigations relating to a broad range of sanctions and other financial crime issues. He is experienced at dealing with UK and foreign Government authorities in the context of investigations, licencing applications, and threatened enforcement action, including in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), National Crime Agency (NCA), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the US Department of Justice (DOJ). 

Ed has spoken at conferences on UK sanctions and other areas of financial crime including the City & Financial Economic Sanctions Summit and ABC Minds. He has co-authored various chapters in relation to sanctions, ABC, and AML, including the UK chapters of ICLG Sanctions, Lexology Panoramic AML, and Lexology Panoramic ABC, as well as GIR’s Guide to Sanctions "Sanctions extraterritoriality and overlapping jurisdictions: new horizons in US, EU and UK law".