Praised for being ‘very experienced’ and ’highly responsive’, the CMS practice has vast expertise in handling cross-border M&A, corporate governance issues, and complex joint ventures. Based out of Shanghai, the head Ulrike Glueck provides ‘pragmatic solutions’ when advising on major projects relating to foreign direct investment and corporate restructurings, whilst in Beijing, Falk Lichtenstein primarily represents Chinese state-owned and private corporations throughout the IT, life sciences, and automotive fields.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Tri-lingual German, English, Mandarin; highly responsive, highly experienced; special Industrie know-how automotive FDI.’

  • ‘Ulrike Glück, highly responsive and experienced, pragmatic solutions.’

  • ‘Very experienced and long-term loyal lawyers; quick response and highly competent in Chinese Law. Practically and theoretically very strong.’

  • ‘Ulrike Glueck is the No 1 German Lawyer in China- over 25 years' experience- and highly competent.’

  • ‘We have been cooperating with CMS in our M&A projects in China for a long time. The suggestions provided by CMS are highly operational and easy to implement.’

  • ‘Ulrike Glueck is a long-term partner of ours who understands the company's needs and is able to provide flexible solutions.’

  • ‘The CMS law team comprised excellence in terms of law know how as well as industry/commercial competence and experience.’

  • ‘The entire CMS team provided a committed and value providing attitude.’

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ulrike Glueck

Other key lawyers

Falk Lichtenstein, Kevin Wang, Michael Munzinger, Vera Zhang, Roxie Meng