Max Savoie

Max is a Chambers and Legal 500 ranked payments and fintech lawyer. His key client relationships include international payment systems and infrastructure providers, card issuers, merchant acquirers, payment processors, money transmitters, online marketplaces, technical service providers, and providers of digital wallets, open banking services, and other alternative payment methods. He has advised on numerous cross-border transactions, strategic partnerships, and regulatory implementation projects for many of the largest providers in the market.

Max also advises on contentious and regulatory engagement matters and has guided a number of firms through internal and external investigations. He has also supported several international firms and trade associations in discussions with EU and UK policymakers and regulators on regulatory change and supervisory practices.

Max is an active member of the Payment Association’s regulatory working group and co-editor of one of the leading practitioner’s texts in his field, “Payment Services: Law and Practice” (Elgar, 2022, 2025).