
CMS

About
Executive Team: Isabel Scholes, Pierre-Sébastien Thill, Duncan Weston
Number of partners worldwide: ca. 1,200
Number of lawyers worldwide: ca. 5,000
Firm Overview:
Founded in 1999, with more than 70 offices in over 40 countries, CMS is one of the most global law firms. More than 5,000 legal professionals across the world work in sector-based teams and are trained in project management. CMS offers specialist, business-focused advice in law and tax matters to clients operating in complex business and constantly changing regulatory environments. CMS lawyers focus on their clients and on providing the best possible service. From major multinationals and mid-caps to enterprising start-ups, CMS provides the technical rigour, strategic excellence and long-term partnership to keep each client ahead whatever its chosen markets.
Main Areas of Practice:
CMS recognises that its clients require sector-specific legal advice to achieve the best possible outcomes. The firm offers a wide range of expertise through nineteen practice area and sector groups, providing advice on local, national and international issues.
■ Antitrust, Competition & Trade
■ Banking & Finance
■ Commercial
■ Consumer Products
■ Corporate/M&A
■ Dispute Resolution
■ Employment & Pensions
■ Energy & Climate Change
■ Funds
■ Hotels & Leisure
■ Infrastructure & Projects
■ Insurance
■ Intellectual Property
■ Life Sciences & Healthcare
■ Private Equity
■ Public Procurement
■ Real Estate
■ Tax
■ Technology, Media & Communications
CMS:
CMS has chosen a single organisational structure that suits clients doing business in Europe. Each CMS office is tailored to its local market, ensuring that clients benefit from personal service and market sensitivities, while working together under a shared mission and governance structure. Whether clients require advice and support in one jurisdiction, across the whole of Europe or beyond European borders, CMS has a shared culture and built-in processes to ensure they receive outstanding, seamless service. It is why many clients have been with CMS for decades. To ensure that it maintains strong client relationships. For information on recent work, publications and full contact details please visit: cms.law.
OFFICES HEAD OFFICE
GERMANY: CMS Legal Services EEIG, Neue Mainzer Str. 2-4, 60311 Frankfurt Tel: +49 69 71 701 500
OFFICE CONTACTS
AUSTRIA: CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Gauermanngasse 2, 1010 Vienna Tel: +43 1 404 43 0 Fax: +43 1 404 43 9000
BELGIUM: CMS DeBacker, Chausée de la Hulpe 178, 1170 Brussels Tel: +32 2 743 69 00 Fax: +32 2 743 69 01
FRANCE: CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats, 2 rue Ancelle, 92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex Tel: +33 1 47 38 55 00
GERMANY: CMS Hasche Sigle, Lennéstrasse 7, 10785 Berlin Tel: +49 30 203 60 0 Fax: +49 30 203 60 2000
ITALY: CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, 86 Via Agostino Depretis, 00184 Rome Tel: +39 06 478 151 Fax: +39 06 483 755
THE NETHERLANDS: CMS Derks Star Busmann, Atrium, Parnassusweg 737, 1077 DG Amsterdam Tel: +31 20 3016 301 Fax: +31 20 3016 333
MONACO: CMS Pasquier Ciulla Marquet & Pastor, Villa des Cigognes, 17 rue Louis Aureglia, BP 450, 98012 Monaco Cedex Tel: +377 97 98 42 24 Fax: +377 97 98 42 25
NORWAY: CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS, Bryggegata 6, NO-0250 Oslo Tel: +47 23 11 00 00 Fax: +47 23 11 00 01
PORTUGAL: CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut, Rua Castilho 50, 1250-071 Lisbon Tel: +351 21 095 81 00 Fax: +351 21 095 81 55
SPAIN: CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo, Paseo de Recoletos 7-9, 28004 Madrid Tel: +34 91 451 93 00 Fax: +34 91 442 60 45
SWITZERLAND: CMS von Erlach Partners, Räffelstrasse 26, P.O. Box, 8022 Zurich Tel: +41 44 285 11 11 Fax: +41 44 285 11 22
UNITED KINGDOM: CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, EC4N 6AF London Tel: +44 207 367 3000 Fax: +44 207 367 2000
CMS OFFICES WORLDWIDE
Aberdeen, Algiers, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Bogotá, Bratislava, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Casablanca, Cologne, Dubai, Duesseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Funchal, Geneva, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kyiv, Leipzig, Lima, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Luanda, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Mexico City, Milan, Mombasa, Monaco, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, Oslo, Paris, Podgorica, Poznan, Prague, Reading, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Santiago de Chile, Sarajevo, Seville, Shanghai, Sheffield, Singapore, Skopje, Sofia, Stavanger, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Utrecht, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb and Zurich
Ranked Offices
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- Frankfurt am MainCMS Legal Services EEIG, Neue Mainzer Strasse 2-4, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany, 60311
- Web: cms.law
- Tel: +49 69 71 701 500
- Fax: +49 69 71 701 550
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- BrusselsChaussée de La Hulpe, 178, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium, B-1170View ranked officeBrusselsAvenue des Nerviens 85, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium, B-1040View ranked office
- SarajevoUl. Fra Andela Zvizdovica 1, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 71000View ranked office
- SofiaLandmark Centre, 14 Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria, 1000View ranked office
- PragueCMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, advokáti, v.o Palladium Na Poříčí 1079/3a , Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 110 00View ranked office
- ParisCMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats, 2 rue Ancelle, Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, Paris, Paris, France, FR-92522View ranked office
- CologneCMS Hasche Sigle, Kranhaus 1, Im Zollhafen 18, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 50678View ranked officeDüsseldorfCMS Hasche Sigle, Breite Straße 3, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 40213View ranked officeFrankfurt am MainCMS Hasche Sigle, Neue Mainzer Straße 2–4, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany, 60311View ranked officeStuttgartCMS Hasche Sigle, Schöttlestraße 8, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 70597View ranked office
- BudapestCMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP Magyarorsz YBL Palace Károlyi utca 12 , Budapest, Budapest, Capital City, Hungary, H-1053View ranked office
- MilanCMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, Galleria Passarella 1, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, 20122View ranked officeRomeCMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, Via Agostino Depretis, 86, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 184View ranked office
- LuxembourgCMS DeBacker Luxembourg, 3, rue Goethe, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, L-1637View ranked office
- MonacoVilla des Cigognes, 17 rue Louis Aureglia, Monaco, Monaco-Ville, Monaco, 98000View ranked office
- PodgoricaCMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz d.o.o., Bulevar Džordža Vašingtona 3/22, Entrance V, Unit 9, Podgorica, Podgorica, Montenegro, 81000View ranked office
- AmsterdamCMS, Atrium, Parnassusweg 737, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, 1077 DGView ranked office
- SkopjeCMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz dooel Skopje, Bul. Partizanski odredi br. 14/2, Skopje, Greater Skopje, North Macedonia, 1000View ranked office
- WarsawCMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak i Bejm, Warsaw Financial Centre, ul. Emilii Plater 53, Warsaw, Masovian, Poland, 00-113View ranked office
- BucharestCMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang SCA, S-Park,11-15 Tipografilor Street, B3-B4, 4th Floor, 1st District, Bucharest, Bucureşti, Romania, 013714View ranked office
- BelgradePetrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Re, Krunska 73, Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia, 11000View ranked office
- Singapore7 Straits View Marina One East Tower , Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 018936View ranked office
- BratislavaCMS Slovakia UNIQ, Staromestská 3 , Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia, 811 03View ranked office
- MadridCMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo, Paseo de Recoletos 7–9, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 28004View ranked office
- ZurichCMS von Erlach Partners Ltd, Räffelstrasse 26, PO Box, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 8022View ranked office
- EdinburghSaltire Court, 20 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, UK, EH1 2ENView ranked office
- KyivCMS Ukraine, 19B Instytutska St., Kyiv, Kyiv City Municipality, Ukraine, 01030View ranked officeKyivCMS Ukraine, 6th Floor, 38 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv, Kyiv City Municipality, Ukraine, 01030View ranked office
Contributions
8 Contributions provided by CMS
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Slovenia
Product Liability & Safety 2023
In Italy, general product safety and product liability rules are contained in Legislative Decree No...
Product Liability & Safety 2023
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Italy
The UK tax landscape underwent a period of considerable turbulence in 2022, with four fiscal events...
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | UK
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Monaco
ESG concerns have emerged recently and are here to stay. The COVID-19 pandemic, far from slowing th...
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Luxembourg
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Slovenia
Product Liability & Safety 2023
In Italy, general product safety and product liability rules are contained in Legislative Decree No...
Product Liability & Safety 2023
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Italy
The UK tax landscape underwent a period of considerable turbulence in 2022, with four fiscal events...
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | UK
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Monaco
ESG concerns have emerged recently and are here to stay. The COVID-19 pandemic, far from slowing th...
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Luxembourg
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Articles, highlights and press releases
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CMS Portugal advises VINCI and CS'Associados advises Lineas (Mota-Engil group)
CMS Portugal advises VINCI and CS'Associados advises Lineas (Mota-Engil group) on the acquisition of Lusoponte
CMS and PLMJ advised Catella CER in first investment in Portugal
CMS Portugal and PLMJ advised the Catella European Residential Fund (CER) in their first venture into the emerging Portuguese institutional investment market for student housing, with the acquisition of an asset in the municipality of Cascais, for €15.5 million and with a 99-year leasehold.
CMS Portugal strengthens its presence in Angola
Silvino Domingos – Sociedade de Advogados becomes part of LBR, CMS' associated office in Angola
Posting of Workers Directive 2014/67/EU transposed into Bulgarian legislation
As of 30 December 2016, the Bulgarian legislator gave force to the Posting of Workers Directive 2014/67/EU with amendments to the Bulgarian Labour Code. The changes, which relate to the basic employment and working conditions for posted and temporary agency workers, can be summarised as follows: <br>• Improvement…
CMS Portugal advises VINCI and CS'Associados advises Lineas (Mota-Engil group)
CMS Portugal advises VINCI and CS'Associados advises Lineas (Mota-Engil group) on the acquisition of Lusoponte
CMS and PLMJ advised Catella CER in first investment in Portugal
CMS Portugal and PLMJ advised the Catella European Residential Fund (CER) in their first venture into the emerging Portuguese institutional investment market for student housing, with the acquisition of an asset in the municipality of Cascais, for €15.5 million and with a 99-year leasehold.
CMS Portugal strengthens its presence in Angola
Silvino Domingos – Sociedade de Advogados becomes part of LBR, CMS' associated office in Angola
Posting of Workers Directive 2014/67/EU transposed into Bulgarian legislation
As of 30 December 2016, the Bulgarian legislator gave force to the Posting of Workers Directive 2014/67/EU with amendments to the Bulgarian Labour Code. The changes, which relate to the basic employment and working conditions for posted and temporary agency workers, can be summarised as follows: <br>• Improvement…