Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
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Band 2

Consumer Finance

UK-wide

16 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Bill McCaffrey

UK

Work Highlights

Creditors and lessors on documentation and procedures for credit and hire products.

Credit agreements, statutory statements and notices.

Lenders and lessors on finance advertising.

Payment Services Regulations including obtaining authorisation and passporting.

Electronic Money Regulations including authorisation and passporting.

Asset portfolio acquisitions and sales.

Lender and lessor trading agreements with suppliers and intermediaries.

Account terms and conditions.

Block discounting, factoring and invoice discounting agreements.

Practice Areas

Bill McCaffrey is a partner in the Financial Services and Products team and Head of its Consumer Credit practice.

Consistently top ranked in the Chambers UK legal directory, he is singled out for his in-depth understanding of the market.

He focuses on legal and regulatory issues relating to secured and unsecured loans, instalment credit, leasing, asset finance, payment services and electronic money.

Bill joined CMS from Salans where he was a partner for 7 years. Before that he spent 14 years as a senior in house lawyer at Abbey National plc, First National Bank plc and Wagon Finance Limited.

Education

Strathclyde University

LLB

1986

Strathclyde University

Law Honours

1987

Strathclyde University

Dip LP

1988

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

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Consumer Finance - UK-wide

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Bill McCaffrey of CMS regularly acts for well-known brokers, mortgage lenders and motor finance service providers. He has extensive experience in handling FCA compliance matters and in drafting and amending a wide range of consumer finance agreements.

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