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Overview

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  • Firm Overview

    CMS is a future-facing organisation of law firms that provides comprehensive legal and tax solutions. With more than 6,300 lawyers in over 45 countries, CMS combines deep local market understanding with a global overview. CMS works with a diverse range of clients, from large corporations and mid-sized businesses to innovative start-ups, helping them navigate the challenges and opportunities in their markets.

    For information on recent work, member firms, publications and full contact details please visit: CMS.law.

    Executive Team: Isabel Scholes, Pierre-Sébastien Thill, Duncan Weston

    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 practice area and sector groups, providing advice on local, national and international issues.

    • Antitrust, Competition & Trade
    • Banking & Finance
    • Commercial
    • Compliance & Forensic Services
    • Consumer Products
    • Corporate/M&A
    • Dispute Resolution
    • Employment & Pensions
    • Energy & Climate Change
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    • Funds
    • Hotels & Leisure
    • Infrastructure & Projects
    • Insurance
    • Intellectual Property
    • Life Sciences & Healthcare
    • Private Clients
    • Private Equity & Venture Capital
    • Public Commercial & Procurement
    • Real Estate & Public
    • Restructuring and Insolvency
    • Tax
    • Technology, Media & Communications (TMC)

    CMS Member Firms

    • CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni Sh.p.k. (Italy)
    • CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo (Spain)
    • CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (UK)
    • CMS Carey & Allende (Chile)
    • CMS Daly Inamdar Advocates (Kenya)
    • CMS DeBacker (Belgium & Luxembourg)
    • CMS Derks Star Busmann (Belgium)
    • CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats (France)
    • CMS Grau (Peru)
    • CMS Hasche Sigle (Germany)
    • CMS Kluge (Norway)
    • CMS Pasquier Ciulla Marquet & Pastor Svara & Gazo (Monaco)
    • CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz d.o.o. (Austria)
    • CMS RM Partners (South Africa)
    • CMS Rodríguez-Azuero (Colombia)
    • CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut (Portugal)
    • CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd (Switzerland)
    • CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow (Mexico)
    • Couto, Graça & Associados (Mozambique)
    • FAS Advogados in cooperation with CMS (Brazil)
    • Wistrand Advokatbyrå (Sweden)

    Head Office

    GERMANY: CMS Legal Services EEIG, Neue Mainzer Str. 2 · 60311 Frankfurt

    Tel: +49 69 86790 5800

    Email: [email protected]

    Offices

    Austria

    CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz

    Rechtsanwälte GmbH

    Gauermanngasse 2

    1010 Vienna, Austria

    Tel: +43 1 40443-0

    Fax: +43 1 40443-90000

    Email: [email protected]

    Belgium

    CMS DeBacker

    Chaussée de La Hulpe 178

    1170 Brussels, Belgium

    Tel: +32 2 743 69 00

    Fax: +32 2 743 69 01

    Email: [email protected]

    Brazil

    FAS Advogados

    Rua Gomes de Carvalho, 1507

    4th floor

    Vila Olímpia, São Paulo - SP

    04547-005, Brazil

    Tel: +55 11 3805 0222

    China

    CMS, China

    CMS Hasche Sigle Shanghai Representative Office (Germany)

    910 Park Avenue Central (PAC)

    688 Changde Road

    Shanghai 200040, China

    Tel: +86 21 6289 6363

    Fax: +86 21 6289 0731

    Email: [email protected]

    France

    CMS Francis Lefebvre

    2 Rue Ancelle

    92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, France

    Tel: +33 1 47 38 55 00

    Email: [email protected]

    Germany

    CMS Hasche Sigle

    Lennéstraße 7

    10785 Berlin, Germany

    Tel +49 30 20360 0

    Fax +49 30 20360 2000

    Italy

    CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni

    Via Agostino Depretis, 86

    00184 Rome, Italy

    Tel: +39 06 47 81-51

    Fax: +39 06 48 37-55

    The Netherlands

    CMS Derks Star Busmann

    Atrium - Parnassusweg 737

    1077 DG Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Tel: +31 20 3016 301

    Fax: +31 20 3016 333

    Email: [email protected]

    Portugal

    CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut

    Rua Castilho, 50

    1250-071 Lisbon, Portugal

    Tel: +351 210 958 100

    Fax: +351 210 958 155

    Email: [email protected]

    Norway

    CMS Kluge

    Allehelgensgate 2, entrance A

    5016 Bergen

    PO Box 394 Sentrum

    5805 Bergen Norway

    Tel +47 5 52198 00

    Fax +47 5 52198 01

    Email: [email protected]

    South Africa

    CMS RM Partners

    82 Maude Street

    3rd Floor

    Sandton 2196

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    Tel: +27 87210 0711

    Fax: +27 86613 9480

    Email: [email protected]

    Spain

    CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo

    Paseo de Recoletos 7–9

    28004 Madrid, Spain

    Tel: +34 91 4519 300

    Fax: +34 91 4426 045

    Sweden

    Regeringsgatan 65

    103 93 Stockholm

    Tel: + 46 8 50 72 00 00

    Fax: + 46 8 50 73 00 00

    Email: [email protected]

    Switzerland

    CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd

    Dreikönigstrasse 7

    P.O. Box

    8022 Zurich, Switzerland

    Tel: +41 44 285 11 11

    Fax: +41 44 285 11 22

    Email: [email protected]

    United Arab Emirates

    CMS (UAE) LLP

    Level 15, Burj Daman

    Happiness Street

    Dubai International Financial Centre

    PO Box 506873

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Tel: +971 (0) 4 374 2800

    Fax: +971 (0) 4 374 2803

    United Kingdom

    CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

    Cannon Place

    78 Cannon Street

    London EC4N 6AF, England

    Tel: +44 20 73 67 3000

    Fax: +44 20 73 67 2000

    CMS International Locations

    Africa: Casablanca, Johannesburg, Luanda, Maputo, Mombasa, Nairobi

    The Americas: Bogotá, Cúcuta, Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo

    Asia-Pacific: Beijing, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore

    Europe: Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Bratislava, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cologne, Dublin, Duesseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Funchal, Geneva, Glasgow, Hamburg, Istanbul,Kyiv, Leipzig, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Monaco, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Podgorica, Poznan, Prague, Reading, Rome, Sarajevo, Sheffield, Skopje, Sofia, Stavanger, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Tirana, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zurich

    Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Riyadh, Tel Aviv

Ranked Offices at CMS

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

CMS Hasche Sigle, Kranhaus 1, Im Zollhafen 18, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 50678, Cologne

Ranked Departments at CMS (2)

Germany

Ranked Individuals at CMS (8)

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