Tony Katz
DLA PiperForming a very cohesive unit alongside the firm’s advisory team and collaborating with transactional finance experts, DLA Piper has a deep understanding of the underlying products and is well-positioned to advise banks and insurers across the full scope of their contentious issues. It handles risk management and supervisory work at one end of the spectrum through to major enforcement actions at the other. ‘Savvy and strategically minded’ team head Tony Katz has vast experience handling both domestic and international regulatory investigations, as well as being instructed by the FCA to conduct investigations as a “skilled person”. The team is also able to leverage expertise from its international and regional offices, with Edinburgh-based Stuart Murdoch particularly skilled in this area. Other niche areas of expertise include contentious work in the cyber security and fintech space.
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Testimonials
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- 'Very strong financial services practice including FCA contentious matters. There is great strength in depth among the junior partners and the senior associates. Also have good knowledge of contentious cryptoassets cases.'
- 'The practice group led by Tony Katz is best in class. They collectively provide pragmatic legal advice and delivery their work and findings as if they are working alongside you rather than for you. This makes the relationship genuine. Further, they recruit brilliant young legal talent and are more accessible to communicate high level issues sooner.'
- 'Tony Katz is highly savvy and strategically minded.'
- 'Tony Katz and Puesan Lam are very gifted lawyers. Their commercial nous and ability to see the key issues for the client quickly and advise accordingly makes DLA Piper a real ally for the business. They use their knowledge and experience of the regulated industry to their advantage to ensure that the client is comfortable in building its internal processes in a compliant manner.'
- 'Shabaz Ahmed is gaining recognition as a standout associate in FS and crypto matters.'
- 'Excellent team - knowledgeable and diverse.'
- 'They have mastered that approach and really demonstrate a client first approach.'
- 'A key strength is the level and quality of partner engagement in the financial services litigation team. Tony Katz is a star quality individual, who is great to work with and for, and expects and brings out the best in associates.'
Key clients
- Sunrise Brokers LLP/Cantor Fitzgerald Group
- National Westminster
- UK Finance
Work highlights
- Supporting Arvato Financial Solutions Limited's response to the February 2023 article in The Times “How British Gas debt agents break into homes of vulnerable” and the resulting backlash which became known as the “Meter Reading Scandal“.
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Tony Katz