Katie Stephen is the Co-Head of the Contentious Financial Services Group, based in London. Her practice focuses on advising financial institutions on a wide range of contentious regulatory matters including investigations and enforcement proceedings involving the FCA, PRA, Ofgem, FRC, AIM, ICE, SRA, NCA and HMRC, as well as regulators in other jurisdictions.

Katie regularly advises 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. She has experience 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 programs.