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Fox Williams LLP Offices
10 FINSBURY SQUARE
LONDON
EC2A 1AF
England
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Peter Finch
Work Department
FinTech
Position
Partner
Career
Peter Finch is a partner in Fox Williams’ financial services and fintech teams and has experience advising clients who span the full spectrum of participants in this sector including fintechs (both start-up and large-scale), established financial institutions, consumer finance firms and payment service providers.
Peter assists clients navigating the ever-changing regulatory environment, helping them to anticipate issues and suggest solutions. From authorisation, launching new products or auditing current processes, Peter is able to assist on all sector specific regulation including the Consumer Credit Act, CONC, the Payment Services Regulations, MCOB and the Consumer Rights Act.
Alongside regulatory advice, Peter also helps clients with transactional activity, including investment into fintechs and consumer loan portfolio acquisitions and disposals.
Peter joined Fox Williams in September 2021 after spending six years at Hogan Lovells in their Banking, Lending and Payments team. Whilst at Hogan Lovells he completed client secondments to TSB and HSBC Private Bank.
Prior to this Peter worked at both Barclays and Lloyds providing legal advice on regulated products to the retail, SME and corporate businesses.
Peter was part of the Fox Williams team shortlisted for Advisory Firm of the Year at the AltFi Awards 2022.
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.
Comparative Guides
| United Kingdom: Fintech | February 2024 | This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Fintech laws and regulations applicable in United Kingdom. |
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