Chris Finney
UK Guide 2025
Band 5 : Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
Band 5
About
Provided by Chris Finney
Practice Areas
Consumer credit for fintechs
Cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet providers
Payment services and electronic money
Peer-to-peer lending, and crowdfunding
Regulatory capital for (re)insurers, and Solvency II
Securities laws and MiFID II
The distribution of (re)insurance contracts, and the Insurance Distribution Directive
The Senior Managers & Certification Regime, for banks, (re)insurers, and solo regulated firms
Personal
Chris is a partner in Fox Williams' financial services team, and leads our non-contentious financial services regulatory practice.
He advises banks, (re)insurers, insurance distributors, asset managers, lenders, and fintech businesses of all kinds on the most complex, challenging and commercially sensitive regulatory issues they face.
Chris qualified in private practice in 1996. He was a senior manager in General Counsel’s Division at the Financial Services Authority between 2001 and 2011; and joined Fox Williams as a partner in April 2017.
Chris is listed as a leading individual in the Chambers UK 2023 FinTech guide and was part of the Fox Williams team that was shortlisted for Advisory Firm of the Year at the AltFi Awards 2022.
Chambers Review
UK
Chris Finney of Fox Williams advises banks, insurers and asset managers on the full gamut of regulatory issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Chris is a very sophisticated and reliable lawyer. He is always accurate in giving advice to clients."
"Chris is able to combine sophisticated legal advice with practical and pragmatic solutions. He offers guidance on the relative risk of alternative approaches."
"Chris always delivers quality advice. He is pragmatic, thorough and can be relied upon to provide outstanding service."
"Chris is a very sophisticated and reliable lawyer. He is always accurate in giving advice to clients."
"Chris is able to combine sophisticated legal advice with practical and pragmatic solutions. He offers guidance on the relative risk of alternative approaches."
"Chris always delivers quality advice. He is pragmatic, thorough and can be relied upon to provide outstanding service."
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