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CMS

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About

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We’ve been here advising global corporations and investors in CEE for over 25 years. With more than 100 real estate lawyers across 15 full-service offices in CEE (more than any other international law firm), we understand the business landscape of the region inside out. 

We take pride in providing consistent legal advice across borders, coordinated from your home market. Whether you are in the retail, residential, hotels, infrastructure, care home, office, logistics, renewable energy or student accommodation sectors, we have the specialists to help.

Our multi-jurisdictional teams adhere to the same templates, processes and standards, including project management. This means we can deploy specialist teams to advise you immediately, irrespective of where the real estate assets are. We will guide you through tax, planning, debt financing, construction and management issues in addition to your traditional real estate portfolio and property management work.

In the course of 2017 our practice went through substantial changes. In the UK, CMS merged with the law firms Nabarro and Olswang on 1 May 2017, creating a new firm that is the sixth largest in the UK by revenue. The CMS Real Estate and Construction practice is the largest real estate specialist team in Europe and one of the biggest worldwide.

Clients (3)

  • PGIM, FM Logistics, DEKA Immobilien, Futureal, Panattoni
  • Pradera, Prologis, Bluehouse, Futureal, UNION Investment
  • Invesco, Allianz, Deutsch Pfandbriefbank, Erste, OTP

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Central & Eastern Europe

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

CMS offers a wide-ranging practice, assisting clients across the region with international portfolio transactions as well as significant investments in the sector. The law firm offers expertise spanning CEE, including a top-tier team in Hungary and additional prowess in Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania. Core clients for CMS include international retailers, major developers and investors. The law firm is particularly active in the logistics sector but also assists with transactions involving retail and office properties.

Notable practitioners

Lukáš Hejduk in Prague is the head of real estate for CEE and a key client contact for this practice.

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Strengths

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  • The team is very calm and structured even in challenging situations, which gives us confidence that nothing will fall through the cracks.

    Real Estate respondentEurope

  • CMS stands out for its exceptional legal real estate expertise, unwavering commitment and solution-oriented approach. Their deep knowledge ensures high-quality advice, while their proactive attitude and dedication consistently lead to effective and practical solutions.

    Real Estate respondentEurope

  • CMS combines strong technical expertise with a highly structured, transaction-oriented approach. The team is also extremely responsive.

    Real Estate respondentEurope

Members

Provided by CMS

  • Lidia Dziurzyńska-Leipert

  • Roxana Fratila

  • Gábor Czike

  • Anna Brzoza-Ostrowska

  • Jozsef Varady

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