Hickman & Rose

Partner. Regulatory Law. Business Crime.

Andrew Katzen is a forensic and highly strategic solicitor whose broad legal expertise enables him to represent professionals – especially financial and legal professionals – facing complex challenges across 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.

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.

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

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.

University of Bristol (LLB Hons); College of Law (LSF).