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As an investor, developer, occupier, construction consortium or asset manager, your real estate deals are executed to tight deadlines within complex local legal systems. If, for example, your property assets cross international markets, you face issues based on differing real estate law as well as cultural and economic contexts. With over 800 lawyers in 40 countries, we give consistent legal advice across borders, coordinated from your home market. Whether you are in the retail, residential, hotels, infrastructure, care home, office, logistics, renewable energy or student accommodation sectors, we have the specialists to help.

Through decades of experience of doing deals across Europe, our multi-jurisdictional teams adhere to the same templates, processes and standards, including project management. This means we can deploy specialist teams to advise you immediately, irrespective of where the real estate assets are. If you are launching or operating a real estate fund or setting up a real estate related joint venture, our funds and corporate experts can give you country-specific support. This approach allows us to guide your tax, planning, debt financing, construction and management issues in addition to your traditional real estate portfolio and property management work.

"CMS handles complicated cases for us brilliantly."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"CMS offers an excellent service."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"CMS has very competent and sharp lawyers who are available and results-oriented."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"The lawyers at CMS are professional, available and above all very responsive. It is very pleasant to collaborate with them. They complement each other perfectly and there is a great sense of connection and team spirit between them."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"The team at CMS is always available and its lawyers adapt their priorities to answer complex issues in very short periods of time."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"Very reactive and always available. They can handle institutional counterparties as well as private ones, which is a rare feature."

Feedback from a client about the department - Legal 500, 2024

"CMS is very good and very commercial."

Real Estate client - Chambers Europe, 2023

"Excellent technological support, great network over several countries allowing the firm to render excellent advice in multi-jurisdictional deals at a high level. Great flexibility in proposing secondees during times we need more support. Very pleasant team with great know-how."

Feedback from a client about the department - Legal 500, 2022

"They are a very user friendly and highly skilled team. They offer clear commercial advice and will provide an opinion rather than sitting on the fence."

Feedback from a client about the department - Legal 500, 2022

"CMS handles complicated cases for us brilliantly."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"CMS offers an excellent service."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"CMS has very competent and sharp lawyers who are available and results-oriented."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"The lawyers at CMS are professional, available and above all very responsive. It is very pleasant to collaborate with them. They complement each other perfectly and there is a great sense of connection and team spirit between them."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"The team at CMS is always available and its lawyers adapt their priorities to answer complex issues in very short periods of time."

Feedback from a client about the department, Chambers Europe, 2024

"Very reactive and always available. They can handle institutional counterparties as well as private ones, which is a rare feature."

Feedback from a client about the department - Legal 500, 2024

"CMS is very good and very commercial."

Real Estate client - Chambers Europe, 2023

"Excellent technological support, great network over several countries allowing the firm to render excellent advice in multi-jurisdictional deals at a high level. Great flexibility in proposing secondees during times we need more support. Very pleasant team with great know-how."

Feedback from a client about the department - Legal 500, 2022

"They are a very user friendly and highly skilled team. They offer clear commercial advice and will provide an opinion rather than sitting on the fence."

Feedback from a client about the department - Legal 500, 2022
05/09/2023
CMS European Real Estate Deal Point Study 2023
The state of the real estate transaction market in Europe The new CMS European Real Estate Deal Point Study 2023 now includes more than 2,500 transactions. Compiling the study involved comparing all the transactions on which we advised in the period 2010 to 2022, enabling us to highlight developments and trends in the real estate market. The market response to our study indicates that over the years it has repeatedly proved to be a valuable tool when preparing for contract negotiations. CMS’ analysis of the real estate market in 2022 revealed the following key trends
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