CMS

Founded in 1999, with 69 offices in 39 countries, CMS is ranked third most global firm in the AmLaw 2016 Global Top 100. More than 3,400 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.

The firm: CMS places great emphasis on client service, with clients benefiting from an extensive range of tailored services, delivered through its offices across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South America.

CMS, Nabarro and Olswang combine: CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang combined on 1 May 2017, creating the sixth largest law firm in the UK. The new firm has over 450 partners and 2,500 lawyers in the UK, supported by a team of over 4,500 lawyers globally. This combination delivers a distinctive, technology-driven offering to clients, bringing together best-in-class sector specialists with outstanding global reach, underpinned by a 250-year heritage in the City and Scotland.

Types of work undertaken: CMS offers a wide range of expertise through 19 practice area and sector groups, providing advice on local, national and international issues. These expert groups are firmly established across Europe. Main areas of practice include: banking and finance; commercial; competition  and EU; consumer products; corporate; dispute resolution; employment and pensions; energy; hotels and leisure; infrastructure and project finance; insurance and funds; intellectual property; life sciences; private equity; public procurement; real estate and construction; tax; technology, media and telecommunications.

CMS offices and associated offices: Aberdeen, Algiers, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Beijing, Belgrade, Berlin, Bogota, Bratislava, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Casablanca, Cologne, Dubai, Duesseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kyiv, Leipzig, Lima, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Medellin, Mexico City, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Muscat, Paris, Podgorica, Prague, Reading, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Santiago de Chile, Sarajevo, Seville, Shanghai, Sheffield, Singapore, Sofia, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Tehran, Tirana, Utrecht, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb and Zurich.