Alex Prezanti
Door Tenant
Called: 2013
Admitted to the List of Counsel at the International Criminal Court
Admitted to the Justice Rapid Response expert roster
Co-Founder of Artemis Chambers
Co-Executive Director of State Capture Accountability Project (non-profit)
Qualified to accept Public Access instructions
Profile
Alex Prezanti is a barrister/international lawyer specialising in sanctions, public international law, international and white-collar crime, asset recovery and human rights. He is also founder and co-executive director of State Capture Accountability Project (non-profit in the Netherlands) and co-founder of Artemis Chambers (London).
Mr Prezanti advises government agencies, civil society organisations, companies and individuals on a broad range of issues, including sanctions law and policy, export control regimes, anti-money laundering and other financial regulations, public international law, international and domestic criminal law, asset recovery and unexplained wealth orders, the Law of the Sea, foreign state interference/transnational repression and extradition/Interpol.
Mr Prezanti represents defendants and victims before domestic and international courts and tribunals, including the International Criminal Court, hybrid and ad hoc tribunals, the European Court of Human Rights and UN mechanisms and Interpol.
Mr Prezanti leads and advises on field, open-source and financial investigations into complex international and financial crimes, sanctions and export-control evasion, cultural heritage crimes and human rights violations across the globe.
Mr Prezanti trains and mentors lawyers, prosecutors, investigators and journalists on investigative techniques, case buildings, legal frameworks and legal strategy. He is regularly retained to conduct pre-publication legal reviews for major publications.
Mr Prezanti is fluent in English, French and Russian.
Notable Previous Appointments and Instructions
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International legal advisor to investigative and prosecuting authorities on international crimes against cultural heritage (2025 – present).
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International advisor to the Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine on case building and anti-corruption (2015).
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Acting deputy head of the Defence Office at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (2010-2012).
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Applicants’ counsel in Mamutov and Others v. Russia (ECtHR) (2023 – present).
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Advisor to counsel in Steinmetz v. Romania (ECtHR) (2024).
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Advisor to counsel in Tagayeva v Russia (Beslan) (ECtHR) (2012).
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Counsel in Protasevich v. Belarus (UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention) (2021).
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Counsel in Navalny v. Russia (UN Human Rights Committee) (2023-2024).
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Victims counsel in situations in Georgia and Ukraine (2015 – present).
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Senior advisor to defence counsel in Prosecutor v. Al Hassan (International Criminal Court) (2020-2021).
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Senior advisor to defence counsel in Prosecutor v. AO An (Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) (2015-2020).
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Assistant to defence counsel in Prosecutor v. Kang Guek Eav (Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) (2009).
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Adjunct Professor at the University of Washington and Lee (USA) (2012).
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Lecturer at the University of Law and Economics (Cambodia) (2009-2012).
Education
BPP Law School: Bar Professional Training Course (2012-2013)
London School of Economics: LLM (Public International Law) (2007-2008)
King’s College London and the University of Strasbourg: LLB with European Legal Studies (2003-2007).
Languages
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Russian (fluent)
Spanish (intermediate)
Ukrainian (basic)
Publications
Tomas Hamilton, Natalie Lucas, Alex Prezanti, Megan Smith, Amanda Strayer, Targeted Sanctions as a Pathway to Accountability: An Active Role for Civil Society?, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume 22, Issue 2, May 2024, Pages 345–364.
Anastasiya Donets and Alexandre Prezanti, A Hostage City: Hunger, Disease, and Inhumanity in Russian-Occupied Mariupol, Texas Journal of International Law, Volume 58, page. 99.
Karen Stefiszyn and Alex Prezanti, The Impact of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa on Violence Against Women in Southern Africa: An Advocacy Tool, University of Pretoria, 1 August 2009, available at: https://www.chr.up.ac.za/images/publications/centrepublications/documents/gender_violence_against_women_advocacy_tool.pdf.
Alex Prezanti, Anti-Al Capone tactics could work on people traffickers, The Guardian, 14 January 2025, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/14/anti-al-capone-tactics-could-work-on-people-traffickers.
Alexandre Prezanti, How Lukashenko can be Held Accountable for Putin’s War in Ukraine, Justice Info, 14 April 2022, available at: https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/90805-lukashenko-accountable-putin-war-ukraine.html.
Alexandre Prezanti, Prigozhin is Dead, Will Wagner’s Crimes Remain Unpunished? Justice Info, 28 August 2023, available at: https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/120781-prigozhin-dead-wagner-crimes-unpunished.html.
Alexandre Prezanti and Simon Papuashvili, The Glowing Embers of Nagorno Karabakh, EU Observer, 8 June 2021, available at: https://euobserver.com/30241/the-glowing-embers-of-nagorno-karabakh/.
Alexandre Prezanti and Simon Papuashvili, How do you Solve a Problem like Lukashenko? Perhaps at the ICC, EU Observer, 21 May 2021, available at: https://euobserver.com/26818/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-lukashenko-perhaps-at-the-icc/.
Alexandre Prezanti and Simon Papuashvili, Putting an End to ICC Inertia on Ukraine, Justice Info, 7 March 2019, available at: https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/40502-putting-an-end-to-icc-inertia-on-ukraine.html.
Alex Prezanti, Donald Trump’s media ban inspires Cambodian attack on press freedom, The Guardian, 27 February 2017, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/27/donald-trump-media-ban-inspires-cambodian-attack-on-press-freedom.
Alex Prezanti, Even torturers admit that torture doesn’t work, The Guardian, 27 January 2017, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/jan/27/even-torturers-admit-that-torture-doesnt-work.