Chris Finney > Fox Williams LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Chris Finney
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Fintech London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Transport > Aviation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Transport > Aviation