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Working in cooperation with our colleagues from other legal disciplines, we offer comprehensive advice in the fields of transactions / M&A and Venture Capital.

Focus

In addition to the classic areas such as Press and Publishing Law, a focus of our practice is on the area of new media. Topics such as the "unbundling of rights" with regard to the utilization of contents in the new media (IPTV, video on demand, etc.), legal assistance in setting up innovative business models in the area of new media, providing advice on new forms of advertising such as branded entertainment, combating Internet pirating and legal assistance with digitalization projects are our daily bread.

Our litigation competence is outstanding: we conduct lawsuits of fundamental importance for our clients.

Another focus is on the online area, for example, with regard to topics such as affiliate marketing, search engine marketing (SEM), white label solutions or content aggregation (e.g., for providers of online price comparisons or online classified ads).

CMS Hasche Sigle has advised the European Commission with regard to all media law topics relating to digitalization, for example, the legal obstacles to the assessment of audiovisual contents in the digital age, and provided recommendations. 

Ranked in Tier 1 (Media: Contracts and Copyrights)

JUVE Handbuch, 2016/2017

Ranked in Tier 1 (Digital Content)

The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2017

Ranked in Band 1

Chambers Europe, 2016

One of the strongest focuses on digitalization in the market.

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2016 (GCLF)

The most important development at this highly recommended and wide-ranging media practice is the increasing internationalization of its instructions.

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2016 (GCLF)

CMS gilt für die gleichermaßen national und international geprägte Mandantschaft der Sozietät insbesondere bei digitalen Themen ‘als erste Wahl’ [...].

The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2017

[...] starke Stellung der Praxis im E-Sports-Bereich [...].

The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2017

Recommended

Kanzleimonitor 2016, 2017

Ranked in Tier 1 (Media: Contracts and Copyrights)

JUVE Handbuch, 2016/2017

Ranked in Tier 1 (Digital Content)

The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2017

Ranked in Band 1

Chambers Europe, 2016

One of the strongest focuses on digitalization in the market.

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2016 (GCLF)

The most important development at this highly recommended and wide-ranging media practice is the increasing internationalization of its instructions.

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2016 (GCLF)

CMS gilt für die gleichermaßen national und international geprägte Mandantschaft der Sozietät insbesondere bei digitalen Themen ‘als erste Wahl’ [...].

The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2017

[...] starke Stellung der Praxis im E-Sports-Bereich [...].

The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2017

Recommended

Kanzleimonitor 2016, 2017
24/12/2020
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03/04/2024
CMS advises CTS Eventim on planned acquisition of ticketing and festival...
Hamburg – MDAX-listed CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA, the number one provider of ticketing services in Europe and number two in the world, has today entered into a put option agreement with companies in the listed French media group Vivendi. This grants Vivendi the right to sell to CTS Eventim all the shares in the companies that are part of its festival and international ticketing activities. Vivendi will now conduct a consultation procedure with the relevant employee representative bodies so that it can decide on accepting the put option. Vivendi’s ticketing business includes See Tickets UK, the second-biggest ticketing firm in England, along with other companies in Europe and the US. These companies sold a total of around 44 million tickets in the 2023 financial year. The deal does not include the shares in Vivendi’s French ticketing company, See Tickets SAS. The festival business operated by Vivendi includes companies from England and France that organise festivals such as Junction 2 and Garorock. CMS advised CTS Eventim on all aspects of the transaction. The team headed by Henrik Drinkuth worked closely with several CMS offices in countries including France, England, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. CMS Germany Dr Henrik Drinkuth, Lead Partner Dr Hendrik Quast, Senior Associate, both Corporate/M&A Prof. Malte Grützmacher, Partner, IT/Data Pro­tec­tion Chris­toff Soltau, Part­ner Al­ex­an­der Laute, Senior Associate, both Competition Dr Martin Gerecke, Partner, Media Law CMS France Alexandra Rohmert Vincent Desbenoit Dylan Allali, all Corporate/M&A Claire Van­nini  Guil­laume Melot, both Competition CMS UK John Enser, TMT Nick Crosbie  Jade Tran  Maria Doran, all Corporate/M&A CMS Spain Luis Miguel De Dios Jorge Peris Hevia, both Corporate/M&A and Commercial CMS Portugal Miguel Santos Ferreira, Corporate/M&A and Commercial CMS Switzerland Stefan Brunnsch­weiler An­drea Relly Anna Mast, all Corporate/M&A CMS Netherlands Elmer Veenman Bob Barnhoorn, both Corporate/M&A and CommercialPress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com
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