People

Pietro Cavasola
Pietro Cavasola
Managing Partner
Italy, Rome
 Pietro Cavasola is the head of the Corporate M&A Department and a member of the Energy group. He is also a member of the CMS Executive Committee. He has a long-standing international experience, and...
Giuseppe Ascoli
Giuseppe Ascoli
Managing Partner
Italy, Rome
Giuseppe Ascoli is head of the Tax Department and has been partner since 1980. His professional experience includes advising public and private entities in the areas of business valuations, audits and...
Paolo Scarduelli
Paolo Scarduelli
Partner
Italy, Milan
Paolo Scarduelli is an attorney and Partner in the firm working out of the Milan office. Paolo assists national and multinational clients primarily on corporate, corporate finance, M&A and anti-trust...

Expertise

Italy
To help you deal with today’s business complexities, you need a reliable advisor. Your business success can be influenced by your choice of a trusted consultant who can handle complex problems and offer...
Italy
jurisdiction
German-Italian Group
Full-service legal advice for German-Italian business CMS's German-Italian Group consists mainly of bilingual lawyers and tax advisers from partner firms CMS Hasche Sigle (Germany) and CMS Adonnino Ascoli...
Italy
expertise
Tax
Businesses deal with national and international tax issues on a daily basis, against an increasingly complex legal background. Complex economic and legal issues require timely and effective professional...
Italy
expertise

Locations

Milan
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni
Galleria Passarella 1
20122 Milan
Italy
Our office in Milan is in the heart of the business center of the city. In addition to our strong local roots and excellent reputation in the local market -which we have built in years of consolidated...
locations
Rome
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni
Via A. Depretis 86
00184 Rome
Italy
A century of rich and long historic records has molded CMS’ identity so that the Firm has not only become synonymous with tradition, integrity and reliability but also with innovation and transformation...
locations
Manchester
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
1 The Avenue
Manchester
M3 3AP
United Kingdom
CMS in Manchester is focused on banking & finance, construction, corporate finance, disputes, energy, infrastructure, M&A, pensions and real estate. We have had an office in Manchester since 2014. With...
locations

Innovation

RegZone
RegZone provides you with expert analysis and daily news from the fast-changing world of financial institution regulation. The platform has a substantial online research resource and a flexible email...
Italy
innovation page
Innovation
Innovation underlies everything that we do at CMS. In a rapidly changing world, all law firms talk about reinventing legal service delivery, embracing technology and having an innovative culture. We focus...
Italy
innovation
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...
Italy
innovation page

Careers

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...
Italy
careers
Working for CMS
CMS in Italy is committed to growth and expansion. The growing need for specific skills in the various practice areas in which we advise, require a progressive increase in the recruiting of outstanding...
Italy
careers
Tax febbraio 2024
Italy
careers

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...
Italy
about us
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...
Italy
about us
Responsible business
The scale and scope of the global challenges our society faces today, and in the future, are enormous – from the climate crisis to inequality. In line with the objectives of the UN Global Compact, we...
Italy
about us

News

CMS alongside Baillie Gifford and Durable Capital Partners funds in the €155 million investment round of Bending Spoons.
21/02/2024 21 February 2024 CMS-among the top ten law firms internationally-assisted the British investment fund Baillie Gifford and the American investment fund Durable Capital Partners in the legal aspects related...
Italy
Corporate/M&A
news
CMS launches International Digital Regulation Hub providing a clear roadmap for navigating digital regulation
28/11/2023 All businesses should be prepared to grasp the opportunities in digital regulation 
Italy
CMS advises Baillie Gifford, Lead Investor in €100 million Round in Bending Spoons
03/08/2023 CMS has advised Baillie Gifford, lead investor in the €100m investment round in Bending Spoons, a world-leading Italian start-up in the development and commercialization of applications for mobile devices...
Italy
Start-ups
news

Publications

CMS Expert Guide to cannabis law and legislation
27/03/2024 Why this guide? In recent years cannabis trade and related activity has developed into a growth business area. In the life sciences and healthcare fields, there have been increases in the numbers of patients...
International
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Expert Guide
Patentability of inventions relating to diagnostic methods at the EPO
Under Article 53(c) of the European Patent Convention (EPC), diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body are excluded from patentability. The purpose behind this exclusion is to avoid patent...
Italy
Intellectual Property
law-now
Comparable
CMS Expert Guide on Price Increases in Commercial Contracts
Comparable
25/03/2024 Businesses continue to face significant cost pressures and many are having to consider increasing the prices of their goods and services in order to remain viable. Over the last few years, a range of...
International
Commercial
Expert Guide

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...
Italy
Insight
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The legal and technical expertise of our lawyers allows us to offer you a global approach to your problems related to Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Italy
Insight
Start-ups
Side by side with start-ups to navigate through tax and legal challenges Over the past years, Italy has developed favourable conditions for the development of a new business culture inclined towards innovation...
Italy
Insight

Events

22
Jan
CMS and DIE ZEIT Event in Davos on 22 January: The Future of Energy
Past event
22/01/2015
CMS, together with the German publisher DIE ZEIT, is hosting an exclusive reception on 22nd January 2015 in Davos. The 2-hour event will start with a panel discussion on “The Future of Energy”. Panellists...
Italy
Participating Events
27
May
Renewable Energy World Europe
Past event
27/05/2009
Italy
Participating Events
03
May
Fashion, food and cars – consumer products in Italy
Past event
03/05/2012
Italy
Consumer Products
Participating Events