
Blake Morgan LLP
Lawyers

Dov Katz
- Phone020 7405 2000
- Email[email protected]
- Social
- Profilewww.blakemorgan.co.uk
Work Department
Corporate and Sport
Position
Dov is a Partner at Blake Morgan LLP. Dov is a unique lawyer who, in addition to having over 25 years of experience in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, heads up the firm’s thriving Sports law practice. In advising professional sportspeople, including high-profile Premier League and international football players and managers, Dov is the trusted adviser to many well-known individuals, across a myriad of sports, on all aspects of their careers and personal lives. As part of its Sports law practice, Blake Morgan also advises clubs on the full spectrum of legal services.
Dov has been recognised as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500 spanning several years.
Dov specialises in advising founders, owner-managed businesses and acquirers on complex corporate transactions. He has led on numerous high-profile IPOs, guiding advisers and issuers on admissions to AIM, reverse takeovers, introductions and secondary placings, and M&A deals, including cross border transactions and joint ventures. He is known for his strategic insight and is a valued adviser to businesses seeking to grow, restructure, or exit through M&A. Dov regularly provides strategic legal advice to founders throughout their business lifecycle, including the sale of their shares and exits in a variety of sectors.
He also advises secured lenders, brokers and investors, including ultra-net worth individuals, on fundraisings and other forms of investment and growth capital, in the form of equity or debt financing, for public and private companies (particularly SMEs).
Languages
French, Spanish
Memberships
Dov is a Freeman of the City of London and served as the Honorary Secretary of the John Carpenter (the founder of the City of London School for Boys) Club for almost a decade.
At the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel, held every four years, Dov held the position as Chairman of the Court of Discipline and will reprise the role once again in 2026.
Dov is a former member of the Quoted Companies Alliance legal committee.
Personal
Dov was an FA registered agent, and a former top ten England men’s junior table tennis player and top 100 nationally ranked men’s player. He is well-known in the world of table tennis.