International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the promotion of 60 new partners, representing the firm’s largest-ever global promotions round. The appointments span 33 cities across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Women account for 43% of promotions globally.
The promotions come after a successful year for CMS and underscore the firm’s commitment to investing in its people.
Pierre-Sébastien Thill, CMS Chairman, comments: “At CMS, we are committed to providing an environment that gives our people opportunities to use their talents and fulfil their potential. Supporting their careers as well as recognising their contribution and performance is an important part of that. So, I am happy to welcome our new partners who have shown through their work over the years that they expertly combine deep industry knowledge with an ability to actively offer practical solutions while fostering trustful relationships with our clients. All key reasons why businesses choose to work with CMS.”
The full list of new partners is detailed below:
| Austria | | |
| Philipp Mark | Capital Markets | Vienna |
| Belgium | | |
| David Prync | Corporate & M&A | Brussels |
| Grégory de Sauvage | Insolvency
White collar crime | Brussels |
| Bulgaria | | |
| Nevena Radlova | Commercial & Regulatory | Sofia |
| Croatia | | |
| Mia Kalajdžić | Employment | Zagreb |
| France | | |
| Armelle Abadie | Tax-VAT | Paris |
| Jean-Hugues de la Berge | Tax | Paris |
| Philippe Gosset | Tax | Paris |
| Jean-Baptiste Thiénot | IP and Life Sciences & Healthcare | Paris |
| Germany | | |
| Philippe Heinzke | Intellectual Property/TMC | Düsseldorf |
| Christopher Freiherr von Lilien-Waldau | Corporate/M&A | Düsseldorf |
| Dr. Boris Alles | Labor, Employment & Pensions | Frankfurt/Main |
| Dr. Neele Ann Christiansen | Real Estate & Public | Hamburg |
| Dr. Martin Gerecke | Intellectual Property | Hamburg |
| Dr. Anja Naumann | Labor, Employment & Pensions | Leipzig |
| Dr. Markus Kaulartz | Technology, Media & Communications | Munich |
| Dr. Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider | Corporate/M&A | Munich |
| Dr. Astrid Roesener | Corporate/M&A | Munich |
| Susanne Schwalb | Dispute Resolution | Munich |
| Dr. Martin Mohr | Tax | Stuttgart |
| Kenya | | |
| Collette Akwana | Dispute Resolution, Technology, Media & Communications | Nairobi |
| Luxembourg | | |
| Aurélia Viémont | Banking and Finance – Regulatory | Luxembourg |
| Mexico | | |
| Fernando Nava | Infrastructure and Project Finance | Mexico City |
| Netherlands | | |
| Tessa Penninks | Banking & Finance | Amsterdam |
| Marlous de Groot | Banking & Finance | Amsterdam |
| Rogier de Very | Intellectual Property | Amsterdam |
| Clair Wermers | Corporate/M&A | Amsterdam |
| Norway | | |
| Johan Svedberg | Corporate M&A, Private Equity, Funds | Oslo |
| Espen Debes | Corporate M&A | Stavanger |
| Peru | | |
| Juan Pulgar-Vidal | Real Estate | Lima |
| Roberth Rojas | Real Estate | Lima |
| Victor Farro | Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency | Lima |
| Poland | | |
| Michal Andruszkiewicz | Energy & Projects | Poznan |
| Portugal | | |
| João Paulo Gomes | Employment and Pensions | Funchal |
| Manuel Cassiano Neves | Energy and environment | Lisbon |
| Nuno Mansilha | Lusophone Africa | Lisbon |
| Romania | | |
| Cristina Popescu | Commercial & Regulatory | Bucharest |
| Serbia | | |
| Nedeljko Velisavljević | Dispute Resolution | Belgrade |
| Slovenia | | |
| Saša Sodja | Corporate/M&A | Ljubljana |
| Switzerland | | |
| Dr. Marjolaine Jakob | Insolvency and restructuring | Zurich |
| Turkiye | | |
| Alaz Eker Ündar | Banking & Finance | Istanbul |
| Ukraine | | |
| Olga Shenk | Litigation & Arbitration | Kyiv |
| United Arab Emirates | | |
| Ben Gibson | Media and Technology | Dubai |
| United Kingdom | | |
| Valentina Santambrogio | Corporate | London |
| Kate Badr | Corporate | London |
| Bruce Harvie | Corporate | Edinburgh |
| Kate Darracott | Corporate | Edinburgh |
| Jackie Vallat | Competition | London |
| Rosalind Morgan | Environment, Health & Safety | Aberdeen |
| Kerry Langton | Finance | London |
| Tom Hughes | Finance | London |
| Kirsty Nurse | Finance | Edinburgh |
| Chris Bradshaw | Insurance & Reinsurance - Contentious | London |
| Will Anderson | Litigation & Arbitration | Edinburgh |
| Dave Lawson | Real Estate | Manchester |
| Martin Garner | Real Estate Disputes | Sheffield |
| Rob Whiddett | Real Estate Finance | London |
| Jacob Gilkes | Tax | London |
CMS annual partner promotions consider promotions made between 2 May 2021 and 1 May 2022.
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