INDIVIDUAL PROFILE

James Black

FinTech 2026

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Ranked in 1 practice area

FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending

UK-wide

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Practice Areas

James is an experienced partner in our Financial Services team, focussing on consumer credit, mortgage and payments regulation. He helps clients to navigate the complex regulatory environment in order to build and grow their businesses, whether they are start-ups or established players.

James advises on the implications of regulatory requirements for all aspects of his clients' businesses, including product design and implementation of new legislation. He works closely with our corporate, commercial and structured finance teams on debt and equity finance arrangements.

He has a strong track record of advising on innovative and first to market solutions, including mobile wallets and Open Banking, and has significant in-house experience.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Professional Advisers: FinTech

FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending - UK-wide

Band 4

Individual Editorial

James Black advises traditional and neo-banks in the FinTech market. His experience covers regulatory issues such as buy-now-pay-later technologies, investments due diligence, embedded finance products and consumer credit questions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

His particular skill is that he has a very big brain for financial services. He knows everything and is very good to work with.
FinTech Legal: Payments & LendingProfessional Advisers: FinTech
James retains a lot of knowledge for the client. He is very aware of what is happening and he puts everything into context.
FinTech Legal: Payments & LendingProfessional Advisers: FinTech
James Black is great on SMEs, buy now, pay later and challenger banks issues.
FinTech Legal: Payments & LendingProfessional Advisers: FinTech