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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)

3108 Plaza 66, Tower 2

1266 Nanjing Road West

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

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Germany - Head office
Belgium
  • Brussels
    Avenue des Nerviens 85, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium, B-1040
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  • Berlin
    CMS Hasche Sigle, Lennéstraße 7, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, DE-10785
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    Cologne
    CMS Hasche Sigle, Kranhaus 1, Im Zollhafen 18, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 50678
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    Düsseldorf
    CMS Hasche Sigle, Breite Straße 3, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 40213
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    Frankfurt am Main
    CMS Hasche Sigle, Neue Mainzer Straße 2–4, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany, 60311
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    Hamburg
    CMS Hasche Sigle, Stadthausbrücke 1–3, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 20355
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    Leipzig
    CMS Hasche Sigle, Augustusplatz 9, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, 4109
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    Munich
    CMS Hasche Sigle, Nymphenburger Straße 12, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 80335
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    Stuttgart
    CMS Hasche Sigle, Schöttlestraße 8, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 70597
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Arbitration
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Arbitration
1
Arbitration
1
Band 1
Lawyers
2
Torsten Lörcher
2
Band 2
5
Tilman Niedermaier
5
Band 5
Arbitrators
2 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Klaus Michael Sachs
Star Individuals
1
Torsten Lörcher
1
Band 1
Banking & Finance
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Banking & Finance
4
Banking & Finance
4
Band 4
Lawyers
4
Markus Pfaff
4
Band 4
Capital Markets: Equity
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Capital Markets: Equity
4
Capital Markets: Equity
4
Band 4
Lawyers
4
Philipp Melzer
4
Band 4
Commercial Contracts
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Commercial Contracts
1
Commercial Contracts
1
Band 1
Lawyers
2
Gerald Gräfe
2
Band 2
2
Robert Budde
2
Band 2
Competition/European Law
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Competition/European Law
4
Competition/European Law
4
Band 4
Lawyers
5
Harald Kahlenberg
5
Band 5
5
Tim Reher
5
Band 5
Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Michael Bauer
Belgium expertise based abroad
Compliance
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Compliance
3
Compliance
3
Band 3
Lawyers
4
Harald Potinecke
4
Band 4
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
1 Department
Department
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
4
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
4
Band 4
Employment
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Employment
1
Employment
1
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