Katie Stephen is a financial services lawyer based in London.

Katie has over 30 years' experience of advising financial institutions during which she has acted on a wide range of litigation and contentious regulatory matters.  She has successfully defended a financial institution against group litigation and represented a number of clients in tax-related disputes.  She also advises on investigations and enforcement proceedings involving the FCA, PRA, Ofgem, FRC, AIM, ICE, SRA, NCA and HMRC, as well as regulators in other jurisdictions. She regularly acts for regulated firms, corporates and senior management on regulatory issues such as market abuse, market disclosures, money laundering, retail mis-selling, consumer credit, conflicts of interest, ESG, corporate governance, systems and controls, individual accountability and notifications.

Katie has extensive experience of supporting clients with skilled person (s.166) reviews and on the conduct of internal investigations including in relation to lessons learned reviews and the design and implementation of redress and remediation programmes. She has also advised the regulator on investigation and enforcement matters and twice been seconded to the FCA as legal adviser to its Regulatory Decisions Committee. Katie is praised by clients as “a top choice for a tough fight” who “delivers to a high standard” and “understands the issues clients face” (Chambers).