Karl Masi

Counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East) LLP

Dubai
United Arab Emirates
T:+971 (4) 5637309
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
T:+971 (4) 5637309
Karl Masi

Karl Masi

vCard

Biography

Karl Masi is a financial services and regulatory lawyer based in Dubai.

Karl specialises in advisory and contentious financial services regulation and corporate investigations. He advises clients on all aspects of financial services regulation, including mis-selling, market abuse, anti-money laundering and financial crime. He is particularly experienced in providing advice on managing regulatory relationships and complex enforcement actions.

For over a decade, Karl has been advising individuals, corporates, and financial institutions on internal investigations covering allegations of fraud, money laundering and bribery, and defending enforcement investigations brought by agencies from UAE, the United Kingdom, the United States, Jersey and India.

He was previously seconded to the Enforcement Division of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, and for twelve months advised the Global Investigations team of an international investment bank in London. Karl previously practised for seven years as a barrister in London where he specialised in financial crime and financial services regulation, with experience in LIBOR and FX-related investigations.

Karl is recognised by the Legal 500 for Dispute Resolution: Compliance and Investigations, which states that “Karl Masi is widely praised for his 'understanding of the complex legal and factual issues in cases' and his 'technical skills’.”
 


Professional experience

+Alle öffnen -Alle schließen
  • Called to the Bar: 2011 (Gray’s Inn)
  • Bar Professional Training Course – BPP School of Law, 2011
  • LLM in International Human Rights Law, University of Essex, 2008
  • LLB Law – University of Reading, 2007
  • Barrister, qualified in England & Wales 2011
  • A financial services provider - on an investigation into potential AML related breaches brought by ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority.
  • An Electronic Money Institution – on reverse solicitation in the UAE.
  • The former Audit Principal of a Big Four accounting firm - in an enforcement investigation brought by the DIFC’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority following the collapse of the Abraaj Group.*
  • European Group entity - on an internal investigation in its UAE onshore subsidiary.* 
  • A FinTech entity - on a multi-jurisdictional regulatory investigation.*
  • The CEO of a private bank - in a regulatory investigation into alleged currency  manipulation in the Middle East.*
  • A corporate - in connection with a public inquiry and related criminal investigation.*
  • A ultra high net worth individual - on multiple criminal and regulatory investigations in Europe and the United States.*
  • A former oil executive - on an United States Department of Justice bribery investigation, including ancillary civil proceedings.*
  • A corporate - in enforcement proceedings in the UK High Court.* 

*Work experience gained prior to joining the firm

  • English