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Fox Williams LLP

FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending

FinTech Guide 2026 : UK-wide


Fox Williams LLP

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FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending - UK-wide

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Fox Williams is a boutique firm with a strong focus on financial services, the technology sector and a range of high-growth FinTech work. Its financial services regulatory lawyers advise FinTech clients and incumbent financial institutions.

Work Highlights

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  • Fox Williams assisted smart card provider Curve in securing a new debt line and updating its consumer credit documentation suite.

Strengths

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  • The firm is very founder-friendly and supportive to its clients.

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  • They are always very responsive and thorough. They are very clear in their communication and they are very knowledgeable and practical in their approach.

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  • Fox Williams has deep FinTech sector knowledge and provides a holistic piece here. The team is really committed to rapidly growing FinTech businesses, providing pragmatic advice that is risk focused.

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  • Fox Williams is quick to wrap its head around products to give pragmatic advice.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Christopher Hill
    Band 1Christopher Hill

    Christopher Hill

    Christopher Hill is an IT lawyer with expertise in FinTech contracting. He advises on open banking, IP licensing and AI-related matters, and regularly assists payments clients.

    • Christopher Hill has the most amazingly deep knowledge of payments. He is also very well connected in that world.

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    • Chris has subject matter expertise, industry awareness and can accommodate project specific requirements. He is a big-picture thinker.

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    • Chris is just very good at distilling complex problems within the FinTech space, which is largely down to his experience. He is quick and responsive too.

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    • Christopher understands how to be on the right side of regulation, but he also knows supply chains and the business ecosystem.

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  • Band 3Jonathan Segal
    Band 3Jonathan Segal

    Jonathan Segal

    Jonathan Segal is regarded highly by clients and other commentators for his work relating to lending operations. Segal leads Fox Williams' financial services team.

    • Jonathan Segal is very technical in his approach, super pragmatic and responsive.

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    • Jonathan has great knowledge in the lending space and gives really valuable business advice.

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  • Band 4Peter Finch
    Band 4Peter Finch

    Peter Finch

    Peter Finch leads significant regulatory and product structuring projects relating retail banking, consumer credit, and payments.

    • Peter Finch is very responsive and quick to get to grips with new products and concepts. He is pragmatic in understanding the priorities of business.

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    • Peter Finch comes recommend on the credit side of FinTech.

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    • Peter Finch is super responsive and has a great grasp of the wider FinTech context. He is great at giving advice that is tailored to the context in which the question is asked.

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