Andrew Katzen > Hickman & Rose > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Hickman & Rose Offices
Pennybank
33-35 ST Johns Square
LONDON
EC1M 4DS
England
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Andrew Katzen
Work Department
Partner. Regulatory Law. Business Crime.
Position
As well as being an accomplished financial criminal defence lawyer, Andrew is one of the country’s leading regulatory and professional discipline experts. He is also an extradition specialist who has acted in some of the country’s most high profile extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance matters.
Andrew provides specialist advice in relation to proceeds of crime, devising successful strategies for corporates and individuals facing complex – often cross-jurisdictional – anti-money laundering and asset recovery issues.
His extensive experience working across legal codes and practice areas gives him the broad legal vision to anticipate what would otherwise be unexpected legal hurdles. His specialist knowledge enables him to determine the best strategy for each individual client.
Andrew’s client base consists of corporates and regulated professionals such a senior business executives, lawyers and doctors. In over 20 years of practice has acted in some of the most country’s most significant fraud-related criminal matters, as well as in some of the UK’s most high profile regulatory and extradition matters.
Career
2006-date: Partner at Hickman & Rose Solicitors and head of Regulatory department. 2004-06: Partner at Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors. 1995-2004: Associate solicitor and later partner at Moss & Co in charge of criminal law department. 1990-95: Associate solicitor at TV Edwards Solicitors. 1988-1990: Trainee solicitor and associate solicitor at Howells Solicitors
Memberships
Committee member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers, the Fraud Lawyers Association, the Financial Services Lawyers Association and the Health and Safety Lawyers Association. He co-authored a chapter in Butterworth’s Fraud: Law Practice and Procedure and is a member of the Law Society’s Anti Money Laundering Panel.
Education
University of Bristol (LLB Hons); College of Law (LSF).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
Hickman & Rose is best known for its representation of company directors and senior executives facing serious fallout from financial services investigations. The practice draws on the firm’s notable prowess in the white-collar criminal and professional regulatory spaces to inform its financial regulatory offering. ‘Wonderful tactician‘ Andrew Katzen, co-founding partner Ben Rose
, and joint chair of the financial crime department Ross Dixon are all key senior contacts.
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
Most of Hickman & Rose‘s professional discipline cases involve the SRA, FCA and FRC, as well as medical professionals’ regulators. Andrew Katzen is ‘a genuine expert‘; Claire Wallace defends individuals against regulatory bodies’ investigations; Ross Dixon has ‘great instincts‘; and name partner Ben Rose defends clients against professional misconduct accusations.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
(Leading individuals)With extensive expertise representing individuals from the technology, natural resources, and construction industries, the ‘unrivalled’ white-collar crime team at Hickman & Rose works across the full spectrum of financial crime. Aside from advising clients in high-profile SFO and FCA investigations, the group is well-equipped to handle bribery and corruption proceedings for senior executives, bankers, and company directors. Ross Dixon and Ben Rose co-head the team, with the former dealing with DPAs and financial crime issues, and the latter focusing on fraud and corruption cases across a multitude of jurisdictions. Andrew Katzen has expertise where criminal allegations intersect with regulatory and disciplinary matters, while Christopher Houssemayne du Boulay assists individuals with complex accounting fraud issues. Emily Sheils is an expert on market manipulation while Claire Wallace concentrates on money laundering. Associates Steffan Barker and Tom Bushnell are also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Professional discipline London > Dispute resolution
- Financial services: contentious London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)