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Bill McCaffrey

Partner
Head of Consumer Credit

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Bill McCaffrey

Partner
Head of Consumer Credit

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

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.

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“He knows the area inside out”

Chambers, 2015

"A friendly, conscientious, practical and client-focused lawyer … it is rare to get someone at this high a level who retains that empathy with a client"

Chambers, 2014

“He knows the area inside out”

Chambers, 2015

"A friendly, conscientious, practical and client-focused lawyer … it is rare to get someone at this high a level who retains that empathy with a client"

Chambers, 2014

Relevant experience

  • 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.
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Publications

  • Bill is consulting editor for Halsbury’s Laws of England: Consumer Credit 
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Education

  • 1986 – LLB, Strathclyde University, Glasgow
  • 1987 – Law Honours, Strathclyde University, Glasgow
  • 1988 – Dip LP, Strathclyde University, Glasgow
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03 June 2021
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The FCA has pub­lished re­vised con­sumer cred­it in­form­a­tion sheets on its webpage. In ac­cord­ance with sec­tion 86A of the Con­sumer Cred­it Act 1974, lenders are re­quired to in­clude a copy of the rel­ev­ant...
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As pre­vi­ously re­por­ted, con­sumer cred­it firms must make changes to their pre-con­tract con­sumer cred­it in­form­a­tion forms. These changes are now im­min­ent and must be made from 1 June 2021. Which firms are...
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The FCA has an­nounced pro­posed ad­di­tion­al guid­ance (the Pro­posed Guid­ance) de­signed to en­sure firms provide tailored, be­spoke sup­port to mort­gage bor­row­ers who con­tin­ue to face pay­ment dif­fi­culties as...
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