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Katherine Kirkpatrick is a partner in the Special Matters and Government Investigations practice and co-chairs King & Spalding's Financial Services Industry of Focus. She focuses primarily on white collar criminal defense, government and internal investigations, corporate compliance, and regulatory matters. Katherine has counseled numerous clients on compliance tailored to a variety of industries, including financial services, technology, education, housing, and transportation. Katherine's experience includes work related to a wide variety of issues, including anti-money laundering, market manipulation, criminal sanctions, the FCPA and anti-corruption, consumer protection, the FCA and FIRREA, securities, taxation, and cryptocurrency compliance. Katherine has represented corporations and individuals under investigation by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the National Futures Association, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Federal Reserve Board, and others.
Katherine is a member of the FinTech and Cryptocurrency and Financial Services Regulatory working groups. Katherine is a frequent writer and speaker on anti-money laundering, cryptocurrency and blockchain-related compliance -- in 2021 alone, Katherine's comments were featured in the Financial Times, the American Banker, Kharon, the E-Commerce Times, Artnet News, and TechRepublic.
Katherine currently serves as a member of the Hiring Committee, and is also a member of the board of directors of the Notre Dame Law Association.
Katherine earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Southern California. She received her law degree, cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School, where she served as Student Bar Association President and Solicitations Editor of The Journal of Legislation. While at Notre Dame, Katherine served as the student representative on the Law Dean Search Committee, and received the Judge Joseph E. Mahoney Award for leadership and the Captain William O. McLean Award for service.
Recent Publications
"Understanding Regulatory Trends: Digital Assets & Anti-Money Laundering," King & Spalding Client Alert (July 2021)
"Not Your Standard Orange Grove: Non-Fungible Tokens & Securities Laws," King & Spalding Client Alert (June 2021)
"Anti-Money Laundering Risks Amid Rising NFT Popularity," Law360 (May 2021)
"FinCen's New Whistleblower Program: Global Implications," King & Spalding Client Alert (May 2021)
"Industry Focused American Rescue Plan Act Summary - Aviation," King & Spalding Client Alert (April 2021)
"Industry Focused American Rescue Plan Act Summary - Agriculture," King & Spalding Client Alert (March 2021)
"Prosecutors Using FIRREA to Investigate Pandemic Conduct," King & Spalding Client Alert (March 2021)
"Payday Lending May Face Greater CFPB Scrutiny Under Biden," Law360 (February 2021)
"New BSA/AML Regime Promises Sweeping Changes," King & Spalding Client Alert (December 2020)
"The Implications of a Revived Disparate Impact Doctrine Under a Biden CFPB," King & Spalding Client Alert (December 2020)
"FinCEN Proposes Lower Travel Rule Thresholds for Fiat and Virtual Currencies," King & Spalding Client Alert (November 2020)
"US Actions Show View Of Crypto As National Security Threat," Law360 (March 2020)
"Consumer Protection Issues for Single-Family Rental Investors," Law360 (October 2019)
"FinCEN 'Travel Rule' Update Sets Challenges for Crypto Cos," Law360 (October 2019)
"Spoofing US Law and Enforcement," Thompson Reuters Practical Law (July 2019)
"Virtual Currency in Sanctioned Jurisdictions: Stepping Outside of SWIFT," Journal of Investment Compliance (July 2019)
"Why It's Taking So Long: the SEC and FINRA Issue Guidance on Crypto Broker-Dealer Complexities," King & Spalding Client Alert, JD Supra (July 2019)
"Artificial Intelligence and the Fair Housing Act: Algorithms Under Attack," King & Spalding Client Alert, Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law (June 2019)
"Spoofing the Market: A Comparison of US and UK Law and Enforcement," Thomson Reuters Practical Law (June 2019)
"Tying It All Together: FinCEN Consolidates Several Years of Cryptocurrency Guidance," King & Spalding Client Alert, JD Supra (May 2019)
"How Far We Haven't Come: SEC Resistance to Blockchain Securities Continues?" King & Spalding Client Alert, JD Supra (April 2019)
"Japan Continues to Embrace Cryptocurrency with Launch of Self-Regulatory Organization: Will the US or Other Countries Follow Suit?" TabbFORUM (November 2018)
"King & Spalding: Transatlantic Business Crime and Investigations Column," Thompson Reuters Practical Law (Periodic)
“DOJ’s Increasing Involvement in Internal Investigations,” New York Law Journal (July 2017)
“The FX Global Code: The Rules are Made to be Followed,” TabbFORUM (June 2017)
“Attorney-Client Privilege and Corporate E-Mail: Navigating the Morass of Personal Communications in Investigations,” King & Spalding Client Alert, JD Supra (June 2017)
“FinTech – The CFTC’s Silver Bullet?,” The Temple 10-Q, TabbFORUM, JD Supra (April 2017)
“Regulatory Changes in Retail Forex Market Will Continue,” Asset Management, Banking, Capital Markets Public Policy and Securities Law360 (September 2015)
“High Frequency Trading: The Regulatory Debate,” New York Law Journal (July 2014)
“The SCRA and Student Loans – Senate Hearings Highlight Agency Collaboration on Investigative and Enforcement Activities,” King & Spalding Client Alert (September 2013)
“FIRREA: A Renewed and Formidable Enforcement Weapon,” Banking Law 360 (August 2013)
“The SCRA and Motor Vehicles – Auto Loans Vroom in the Forefront of Enforcement,” King & Spalding Client Alert (May 2013)
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