People

Nick Beckett
Nick Beckett
Managing Partner
Managing Partner, Beijing and Hong Kong Offices, Head of Asia-Pacific IP and Life Sciences & Healthcare
Hong Kong
China, Beijing
United Kingdom, London
Nick Beckett is the Managing Partner of the Beijing and Hong Kong Offices and the Head of Asia-Pacific IP and Life Sciences & Healthcare. Nick manages a team of dedicated sector specialists covering Life...
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...

Expertise

ESG – Environmental, social and governance
Today’s companies are moving towards more sustainable business models that respect people and the planet. This means placing environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals at the centre of corporate...
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Corporate Crime, Compliance & Forensics
In an enforcement environment that is constantly evolving, our specialist teams around the world assist clients with all aspects of corporate crime, compliance and forensics. This includes:developing...
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Consumer Products
Consumer product companies are increasingly facing challenging times, at the junction of rapidly evolving technologies, disrupting trends, changing consumer preferences and economic uncertainty. Whether...
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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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Riyadh
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Lawyers and Legal Consultants
Intersection King Khalid with Oruba Road No. 13
12329 Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
CMS has been a key legal player in Saudi Arabia since 2004, extending our services to the wider Middle East, including the UAE, Oman, and Turkey. In line with Vision 2030, our Riyadh office offers legal...
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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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innovation page
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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International M&A Lawyer
Czech Republic
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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

Parliamentary proceedings begin to create the Independent Administrative Authority for the Defence of Financial Customers
On April 5, the draft law for the creation of the Financial Customer Defence Authority was published in the Official Gazette of the Spanish Parliament.1. INTRODUCTIONThe current text being processed includes...
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Banking & Finance
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Bulgaria considers introducing Contracts for Difference
Currently, Bulgaria is among a small number of EU member states that lacks the concept of contracts for difference (CfD). So far, the country had a feed in tariff as a mechanism to subsidise renewable...
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Energy & Climate Change
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Challenging conclusivity and “playing for time” under the JCT final account process
A recent TCC decision has considered the final account conclusivity provisions of the JCT form and the circumstances in which an adjudication commenced to preserve a challenge to the final account can...
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Real Estate
law-now

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

08
May
2024 Insurance sector webinar programme
08/05/2024
Notwithstanding the extraordinary times we’ve all been operating in, the insurance sector continues to deal with fast-paced changes. Insurance companies should keep up with changing regulations and...
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Insurance
Webinar
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
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
Participating Events