CMS

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