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DLA Piper Offices
DLA Piper
160 Aldersgate Street
LONDON
EC1A 4HT
England
160 Aldersgate Street
LONDON
EC1A 4HT
England
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Karen Butler
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Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
(Leading partners)Praised for its ‘breadth and depth of knowledge’, DLA Piper acts for a range of banks, insurers and other financial institutions on domestic and cross-border matters, from financial services regulatory investigations to transactional work and banking group restructurings. Global co-chair of the firm’s financial services sector practice, Tony Katz leads the team and maintains strong client relationships with global banks and fintech enterprises. Commended as ‘knowledgeable, personable and diligent’, Karen Butler assists clients with regulatory implementation projects involving post-Brexit, MiFID II, EMIR and AIFMD issues, while ‘extremely talented’ Stuart Murdoch acts for clients across the banking, pensions, asset management, general insurance, fintech, private equity and professional services sectors. Michael McKee spearheads the firm’s European financial services regulatory practice, and Puesan Lam is another key contact in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Real estate > Environment
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)