Mr Nathaniel Lalone > Katten > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Katten Offices
PATERNOSTER HOUSE
65 ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
LONDON
EC4M 8AB
England
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Mr Nathaniel Lalone
Work Department
Financial Markets and Funds
Position
Nathaniel Lalone is a dual-qualified lawyer (England, New York) and a rising leader in the field of providing cross-border regulatory and compliance advice to market infrastructures as well as sell- and buy-side firms active in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, futures and securities markets. Nate is sought out by clients for his ability to manage their legal and regulatory risks while helping them achieve their commercial goals.
Innovative solutions to the most complex questions
Since the financial crisis, regulation of financial markets and products has increased considerably, which has challenged existing market structures while prompting a wave of innovations and new ways of thinking. Incumbents and disruptors are both competing to bring groundbreaking solutions to market while contending with overlapping, and sometimes contradictory, legal and compliance obligations. Drawing on his vast cross-border experience, and his deep understanding of both US and UK/EU law and regulation, Nate is able to draw simplicity out of complexity and to provide clients with commercially sensible solutions to cutting-edge, and often first-of-their kind, questions.
Nate received his master’s degree and doctorate from Cambridge, where he studied EU politics with a focus on financial services. He was a 2004 Fulbright Scholar to the European Union.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products
Katten is known for its ‘deep knowledge of the international regulatory environment coupled with a strong understanding and appreciation of clients’ commercial objectives‘, and clients praise the ‘responsiveness and effectiveness of advice‘. The firm is well versed in both exchange-traded and OTC derivatives transactions, on which it advises both sell-side and buy-side clients. The firm is also a key adviser on regulatory matters affecting the derivatives market, including MiFIR, Dodd-Frank and EMIR. Carolyn Jackson, who is a former manager of the New York trading desk of several investment banks and the former executive director of ISDA, Nathaniel Lalone (who has ‘unique knowledge of US, UK and European regulation‘) and Neil Robson are the key financial markets regulatory partners in London.
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Katten is well-placed to leverage its transatlantic footprint to act for exchanges, clearing houses, broker-dealers, proprietary trading companies, investment funds and asset managers on a broad range of financial service regulatory mandates. Carolyn Jackson ‘is an excellent and knowledgeable lawyer in the field of derivatives regulation’, in addition to advising on matters concerning the Dodd-Frank Act and EMIR. Other key contacts in the group include Nathaniel Lalone and Neil Robson.
Lawyer Rankings
- Derivatives and structured products London > Finance
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial