People

Stefan Brunnschweiler
Stefan Brunnschweiler, LL.M.
Managing Partner
Switzerland, Zurich
Stefan Brunnschweiler is the managing partner of CMS Switzerland and heads the CMS Corporate/M&A Practice Area Group Switzerland. He was named one of the top 10 lawyers in Switzerland in the edition of...
Nicolai Ritter
Dr. Nicolai Ritter
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Nicolai Ritter specialises in project developments. He is focused on construction law and the law governing the work of architects and engineers. Nicolai mainly con-centrates on providing ongoing advice...
Mark Ziekman
Mark Ziekman
Partner
Advocaat | Co-Head of the CMS Consumer Products Group
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Mark Ziekman is the chair of our global Consumer Products Sector Group and a member of our firm's Corporate / M&A Practice Group. He is active in the field of company law and specialises in cross-border...

Expertise

Employment & Pensions
As one of the world’s largest law firms, with over 8,000 professionals and staff, CMS has first-hand experience of a wide range of employment matters. Because of our size and reach, we face many of...
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade
The CMS Antitrust, Competition and Trade (ACT) group is one of the largest specialist competition and trade teams in the world. More than 225 CMS experts advise clients in more than 40 countries worldwide...
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Energy & Climate Change
Today’s energy sector requires expertise in global geopolitics, economics and regulation; but, rather than becoming more standardised and commoditised, the sector’s pace of change is accelerating...
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Locations

Tel Aviv
CMS Israel LLP
34th Floor, North Tower Ha’arba’a Towers
28 Ha’arba’a Street
Tel Aviv
Israel
Having served Israeli clients and international businesses with operations or investments in the country for over 25 years, CMS formalised its Israeli offering by opening a Tel Aviv office in 2021. Our...
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Brisbane
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Australia
95 North Quay Office 12.02
QLD 4000 Brisbane
Australia
Having served Australian clients and international businesses with operations or investments in the country and internationally for many years, CMS formalised its Australian offering by opening a Brisbane...
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Dublin
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Ireland LLP
Leeson Street Lower 41
D02 R968 Dublin
Ireland
CMS's Dublin office provides specialist advice in respect of environmental, product stewardship and sustainability matters, as well as on the protection, commercialisation and enforcement of intellectual...
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Innovation

Know-how Protection
Here is why know-how protection is becoming increasingly important: Click here to go right to the Online Stress Test There are new risks around know-how protection As the business world becomes ever more...
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CMS Expert Guides
So that you can access legal know-how on the go, many of our publications are offered as digital CMS Expert Guides. These provide you with a dynamic way to view expert content online. With CMS Expert...
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Webinars
We stay on top of the news agenda, regulatory discussions and new legislation in the industries we serve and the countries we work in and we share these insights with you via regular webinars. On a CMS...
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Careers

Working for CMS
Welcome to our world At CMS we strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours.  That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’...
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Your Application
Our application process at CMS varies from country to country. We do this to ensure that specific qualifications for a position as well as local market needs are fully taken into consideration. However...
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careers
Working for CMS
Welcome to our world At CMS we strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours.  That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’...
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About CMS

Corporate Video
In our work, we combine deep local market understanding with a global overview to help you shape your business’s future. Our lawyers are experts in their fields, who think ahead to anticipate likely...
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About Us
CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 80+ offices in more than 40 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep local market understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only...
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Awards & Rankings
We are in business to help your business. So we are proud to accept market recognition for our performance as a welcome indicator that we are succeeding in our efforts to provide you with the highest...
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News

CMS promotes 54 to global partnership
16/04/2024 International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the promotion of 54 new partners. The new partners are based in 24 cities in 17 countries around the world, reflecting the firm's international strength...
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CMS signs global partnership with leading legal GenAI vendor Harvey
27/03/2024 International law firm CMS has entered into a global partnership with Harvey, one of the world’s leading generative AI (GenAI) platforms. This partnership puts CMS, operating in 47 countries, at the...
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Artificial Intelligence
Swedish law firm Wistrand successfully integrated into CMS
18/03/2024 Today, following an onboarding period, the top-ten Swedish law firm Wistrand formally becomes CMS Wistrand. In November 2023, CMS first announced that it would be expanding into Sweden, strengthening...
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Publications

An overview of the proposed JSE Market Segmentation Project
IntroductionThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange (the "JSE") has seen an uptick in delisting transactions across various sectors in recent years. Various reasons have been cited as driving this trend, including...
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Corporate/M&A
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Switzerland: First explicit legal regulation against Greenwashing
10/05/2024 May 2024
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Avoidance rights in Sweden
Through the proposed EU Directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of insolvency law (COM/2022/702), the Commission aims to harmonise member states’ abilities to take avoidance actions for certain...
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Insight

Insight
You expect law firms today to address current topics such as artificial intelligence or Brexit, which affect you and to provide you with advice to help meet new legal challenges. At CMS, we monitor the...
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Insight
Rebound and Remodel
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Sustainability
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Events

12
Jun
CMS Annual Private Clients Conference 2024
12/06/2024
The CMS Private Clients Group is pleased to invite you to 4th Annual Private Clients Conference. 
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Private Clients
Participating Events
07
Jun
EU Competition Law Briefing
07/06/2024
The EU Competition Law Briefings have been created to provide a platform for our clients and other competition law experts to stay up to date on the developments of EU Competition Law. 
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade
Webinar
30
Oct
2024 ITechLaw European Conference in Munich
30/10/2024
CMS lawyers are pleased to be attending the ITechLaw European Conference 2024 held in Munich on 30 October - 1 November. Below you can find our top tips for those visiting Munich for the conference, helpfully...
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Banking & Finance
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