Chris Finney > Fox Williams LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fox Williams LLP
10 FINSBURY SQUARE
LONDON
EC2A 1AF
England

Work Department

Financial services (non-contentious)

Position

Partner

Career

Chris is a partner in Fox Williams’ financial services practice. He advises banks, insurers, reinsurers, asset managers, lenders, and FinTech businesses of all kinds, on the most complex, challenging and commercially sensitive regulatory issues they face.

Education

Chris qualified in private practice in 1996. He was a senior lawyer in General Counsel’s Division at the Financial Services Authority between 2001 and 2011; and joined Fox Williams as a partner in April 2017.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory

Praised for its ‘intelligent and practical approach’, Fox Williams LLP’s diverse client roster includes asset managers, banks, investment firms, insurers, credit providers and electronic money issuers, among others. Chris Finney leads the team and advises on the full spectrum of regulatory issues, with a flourishing fintech practice. Peter Finch is ‘instrumental in providing advice’ on matters concerning payments, consumer credit and mortgages, and Mardi MacGregor was promoted to partner in May 2023.

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech

With a fintech practice geared towards challenger banks and other disruptive fintech businesses, Fox Williams LLP‘s ‘highly regarded’ practice demonstrates strength across financial products, financial services regulation, data privacy, HR law and corporate and tax matters. Recently, the team has been particularly active supporting fundraisings and M&A in the fintech sector. Practice head Jonathan Segal has an in-depth understanding of the growth stage lending platform space, while regulatory expert Chris Finney is well placed to advise on disruptive fintech products. Corporate specialists Andrew Woolf and Guy Morgan frequently handle fundraisings and M&A in the fintech sector, while regulatory partner Peter Finch is noted for his focus on payments and consumer credit.