About
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
Provided by CMS
- 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
- 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 Varso Tower Chmielna 69 St , Warsaw, Masovian, Poland, 00-801View ranked office
- BucharestCMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang SCA One Tower 165 Calea Floreasca 12th–14th floors,District 1, Bucharest, Bucureşti, Romania, 014459View ranked office
- BelgradePetrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Re, Krunska 73, Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia, 11000View 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 Dreikönigstrasse 7 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
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CMS announces new leadership in Prague and Bratislava
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce two key leadership changes in its Prague and Bratislava offices, effective from 1 May. Tomáš Matĕjovský will assume the role of Managing Partner of CMS in Prague, while Juraj Fuska will become Managing Partner of CMS (CMNO) in Bratislava.
CMS announces new leadership in Prague and Bratislava
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce two key leadership changes in its Prague and Bratislava offices, effective from 1 May. Tomáš Matĕjovský will assume the role of Managing Partner of CMS in Prague, while Juraj Fuska will become Managing Partner of CMS (CMNO) in Bratislava.
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 announces new leadership in Prague and Bratislava
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce two key leadership changes in its Prague and Bratislava offices, effective from 1 May. Tomáš Matĕjovský will assume the role of Managing Partner of CMS in Prague, while Juraj Fuska will become Managing Partner of CMS (CMNO) in Bratislava.
CMS announces new leadership in Prague and Bratislava
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce two key leadership changes in its Prague and Bratislava offices, effective from 1 May. Tomáš Matĕjovský will assume the role of Managing Partner of CMS in Prague, while Juraj Fuska will become Managing Partner of CMS (CMNO) in Bratislava.
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…