Andrew P Katzen

Practice Areas

Andrew Katzen represents senior professionals accused of the most serious financial crimes and in complex and difficult regulatory and disciplinary matters.

A forensic and highly strategic solicitor, Andrew’s broad expertise across legal disciplines enables him to represent professionals – especially financial and legal professionals – facing complex challenges in multiple areas.

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.

Andrew’s client base consists of corporates and regulated professionals such as senior business executives, lawyers and doctors. In over 20 years of practice he 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.

Andrew routinely represents HNW individuals under investigation by regulators such as the FCA, FCA and SRA. He has acted in some of FCA’s biggest and most high profile cases, representing clients accused of including insider dealing, market manipulation, benchmark manipulation and breaches of FCA principles.

Most of Andrew’s clients in this practice area remain outside the public domain, however they include:

• A corporate and two directors accused of an unlawful collective investment scheme which the FCA alleged was a Ponzi fraud;

• A corporate insurance intermediary and its managing director accused by the FCA of mis-selling insurance;

• A corporate financial services firm accused of AML systems and controls concerning an 800 million Euros fraud;

• A solicitor and partner in a well-known London law firm accused by the SRA of misappropriating a large amount of funds from client account;

• A solicitor and partner in an international law firm accused by the SRA of tax evasion.

Alongside his regulatory law caseload, Andrew defend against allegations of fraud, bribery and money-laundering made by law enforcement. He has particular expertise advising on money laundering, bribery and financial sanctions as well as representing individuals facing allegations of financial misconduct.

Key clients include senior executives caught up in the SFO investigations into Serco, Rolls-Royce and BAT as well as corporates and individuals in a number of high profile FCA matters.

Andrew regularly gives seminars and lectures on a wide range of criminal and regulatory issues. He co-authored a chapter in Butterworth’s Fraud: Law Practice and Procedure. He is a member of the Law Society’s Anti Money Laundering Panel.

Andrew also provides strategic advice to corporates and individuals on anti-money laundering and asset recovery issues, and also acted in many complex restraint, confiscation and asset forfeiture cases.

Andrew’s POCA work focuses on giving organisations and individuals advice on criminal liability and anti-money laundering obligations and practical advice on how to draft suspicious activity reports and how best to manage dealing with the National Crime Agency.

Andrew is also an extradition expert. He leads Hickman & Rose’s cross-border practice and while he has acted successfully in numerous high-profile hearings, much of his work in this practice area involves advising clients on extradition related matters, such as requests for mutual legal assistance in investigations and freedom of movement through Interpol Notices.

He has significant experience of cases involving US law enforcement and financial regulators as well as various European countries, the Middle East and in Southeast Asia

Career

2006-date: Partner at Hickman and 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

Professional Memberships

Andrew is a committee member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers and a member of the Fraud Lawyers Association, the Financial Services Lawyers Association, the City of London Corporate Crime Committee, 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.