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CMS

Litigation

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Litigation - Europe-wide

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

CMS has a widespread European presence, with strength in Germany, the UK and much of the CEE region. It handles a range of commercial litigation, including construction and cross-border insurance disputes. Class action lawsuits, product liability cases and damages claims are further areas of experience. CMS is active for a range of clients, including high profile internationals in the financial, energy and technology sectors.

Notable practitioners

Based in Budapest, Zsolt Okányi acts as the global head of the firm's dispute resolution practice.

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Strengths

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  • CMS is an excellent team of experienced litigators who combine an eye for the detail of the case with the ability to hold the client's strategic objectives firmly in mind.

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  • What I like a lot is the team at CMS work very quickly and are reactive, strategic and available. The team can work very well together and be very effective.

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  • CMS offers pragmatic thinking and very precise analyses.

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  • They have the resources and capacity to take on large workflows, even at very short notice.

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  • CMS's expertise and experience helped us streamline processes and strategy to focus on the most critical issues.

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Members

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  • Daniela Karollus-Bruner

    Head of Department

  • Guy Pendell

    Head of Department

  • Zsolt Okányi

  • Anna Cudna-Wagner

  • Rita Gouveia

  • Assen Georgiev

  • Antoine Laniez

  • Nedeljko Velisavljević

  • Johannes Reich-Rohrwig

  • Jodok Wicki

  • Benedict Trust

  • Nuno Pena

  • Luke Pardey

  • Jorge Sánchez Vicente

  • Gonçalo Madeira

  • Luis Javier Vidal Calvo

  • Péter Bibók

  • Nenad Kovačević

  • Horia Draghici

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