Berlin – Commercial law firm CMS Germany has appointed four new partners with effect from the start of 2024. These appointments expand the partnership in the Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A and Private Clients practice areas.
“I would like to warmly congratulate the new partners, whose outstanding work, backed by a business mindset, is immensely appreciated by our clients. I’m delighted that we have been able to appoint them. Alongside their technical excellence, they will also make a substantial contribution to the firm’s continuing growth,” commented Dr Martin Vorsmann, Managing Partner of CMS Germany.
As in previous years, these partner appointments reflect CMS’s policy of promoting strong individuals from within the firm’s own ranks. “For many years now, we have focused primarily on the firm’s own young lawyers, apart from adding a small number of highly regarded external experts to strengthen the team. Developing and nurturing in-house talent is a core element of our strategy,” explained Dr Vorsmann.
CMS Germany impresses with strong performance
CMS Germany again received various awards during the past year, including this year’s JUVE Award as Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust. CMS achieved 13 top tier rankings in the latest JUVE Handbook for Commercial Law Firms, further underlining the firm’s strong performance. CMS Germany also performed impressively in the “Kanzleimonitor” survey, once again taking top spot in the overall ranking. The survey is based on an annual poll of heads of corporate legal departments by the German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers (diruj). “Bolstered by the newly appointed partners, we remain fully committed to offering our clients outstanding advice,” Dr Vorsmann concluded.
The new partners at CMS Germany
Dr Jasper Philippi (Private Clients) has been with CMS and the Private Clients practice group since 2015. As an inheritance law specialist, he advises business families, high net worth individuals and family offices on corporate and wealth succession, asset structuring and on settling estates, including cross-border implications.
Dr Sebastian Sedlak (Banking & Finance) joined CMS in 2013. He specialises in the structuring, launch and distribution of investment funds and other investment products in Germany and beyond, particularly private debt. He also advises institutional investors on their fund investments and has wide-ranging expertise in investment law, including the special aspects applicable to insurance companies.
Laura Christin Stein (Corporate/M&A) started work as a lawyer at CMS in 2016 and was appointed counsel in 2021. She advises clients on both the buy side and sell side on national and international M&A transactions, private equity deals and joint ventures. Her clients include private equity investors and strategic investors. A particular focus of her work is in real estate, industry, automation & robotics and healthcare/medical products.
Dr Frederike Volkmann (Corporate/M&A) joined CMS in 2014 and has been counsel since 2021. She advises German and international companies on M&A, joint ventures and venture capital transactions, and also on general corporate law matters. Her clients include in particular digital companies, family businesses, family offices and start-ups.
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