Combining professional regulatory and white-collar criminal law expertise, Hickman & Rose has a good reputation advising senior executives in high-profile FCA and FRC enforcement matters, striking ‘a good balance of big picture and strategy with amazing attention to detail’. Key contacts include ’exceptionally dedicated and talented’ team head Andrew Katzen; co-founding partner Ben Rose, who ‘has an incredible level of experience and knowledge across criminal and regulatory contentious FS work’; and ’exceptional lawyer and tactician’ Claire Wallace.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'They combine a good balance of big picture and strategy with amazing attention to detail.'
- 'Andrew Katzen is an exceptionally dedicated and talented lawyer. He builds on his background in criminal law to assist individuals caught up in FCA investigations. His client care is phenomenal.'
- 'Ben Rose has an incredible level of experience and knowledge across criminal and regulatory contentious FS work. His instincts and tactical abilities are second to none.'
- 'Claire Wallace is an exceptional lawyer and tactician.'
- 'Claire Wallace specialises in regulatory defence work, including representing those facing action by the FCA. She has broad experience from her work with a range of regulators which she draws on for the benefit of her clients.'
- 'Tom Bushnell is a focused and impressive associate.'
- 'An excellent team - strong across the board. Claire Wallace is tenacious and fearless, straight talking and direct.'
- 'Andrew Katzen is a very reliable and experienced lawyer. If I was in an FCA interview I could think of few better to represent me. Tom Bushnell is an outstanding lawyer (extremely cerebral too) with experience of prosecuting for the FCA in trials which combined with his FCA secondee experience brings an extra dimension to the team - he really knows the ins and outs of what makes the FCA tick. Tom is a future star.'
Work highlights
- Advising a former employee of a private bank in a high-profile professional discipline case.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Katzen