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Duesseldorf

CMS Duesseldorf is one of the leading commercial law firms in the city and a long-standing, trusted partner to medium-sized companies as well as corporate groups. Our team of more than 50 lawyers advises on all aspects of commercial and corporate law, restructurings and M&A transactions as well as on private equity deals. Our practice also covers labour and employment, tax, private and public construction, IP, competition and EU law.

CMS in Duesseldorf is particularly noted for its strong energy law practice. You can benefit from the know-how of renowned industry experts who regularly advise on complex energy sector projects. Our team also offers dispute resolution services and can represent you in court as well as in arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Contact us to find out more about our services. Our legal experts and sector-specific CMS teams look forward to working with you in Duesseldorf!


Location

CMS Hasche Sigle
Kasernenstraße 43-45
40213 Duesseldorf
Germany

Directions

By plane

You can reach us by taxi from Duesseldorf airport in about 15 minutes.

By car

You can get to the office by road via the following motorways, Duesseldorf exit: From the airport via the A 44. From Essen/Ruhr via the A 52. From Köln (Cologne)/Wuppertal via the A 46. From Krefeld/Mönchengladbach/Neuss via the A 52. From Südbrücke Aachen/Köln (Cologne)/Bonn via the A 57. When you reach Kasernenstraße, our office is on the right-hand side shortly after crossing Benrather Straße. You can use our parking spaces in the underground car park beneath our office. The entrance is in the middle of the building’s frontage and our dedicated parking spaces are located in the central section of the car park.

By train

From Duesseldorf’s main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) you can reach us either by taxi or by taking U-Bahn lines U74, U75, U76, U77, U78 and U79 to U-Bahn station Steinstraße/Koenigsallee.

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22/03/2024
EU Competition Law Briefings 2024
The EU Competition Law Briefings have been created to provide a platform for our clients and other competition law experts to stay up to date on the developments of EU Competition Law. Every month CMS competition experts will present a recent case by the EU Commission or Community Courts during a webinar.
18/03/2024
E-learning | Competition law – basics
This e-learning course provides you with the basics of the main bans under competition law, highlights the various severe legal consequences of competition law violations and provides recommendations on what to do in the event of searches by competition authorities.
18/03/2024
E-learning | Open source compliance – basics
This e-learning course teaches the basics of open source compliance. The aim of the course is to raise awareness of the advantages as well as the risks and pitfalls of open source software in all these levels of the company. At the end of the course, solutions to identify risks and avoid them as best as possible through appropriate processes are shown. The e-learning course is aimed at everyone in companies who comes into contact with open source software. This includes not only management but also the IT and development department, purchasing, sales and product management.
18/03/2024
E-learning | Money laundering prevention in industry and trade
This e-learning course was developed specifically for employees and suppliers. It is intended to raise awareness of what must be observed legally to successfully prevent money laundering. As the addressees of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Geld­wäschege­setz, GwG), companies are obliged to take precautions against their own abuse for money laundering purposes or financing terrorists. The e-learning course takes into account the special position of goods traders in money laundering prevention and can be individually supplemented and modified with regard to the specific risk exposure (especially business activities with high-risk countries, dealing with deviating payers or conspicuous drop shipments).
18/03/2024
E-learning | Open source compliance for software developers
This e-learning course has been specially designed for software developers. Its purpose is to raise awareness of what needs to be considered from a legal viewpoint when software developers use open source software.
18/03/2024
E-Learning | Preventing corruption – basics and practical tips
In a business context, benefits such as gifts and invitations are mainly intended to promote and maintain business relationships. However, using excessive benefits to influence business decisions is not allowed. There is often uncertainty about what is "allowed" and what is "banned" in the business world. Our basic training on corruption prevention educates your employees and provides practical guidance for everyday business that complies with legal requirements.
18/03/2024
E-learning | Contact with competitors – basic competition law rules
Our e-learning course on dealing with competitors provides our clients with a sound basis for training their employees. This e-learning course guides through the correct conduct under competition law when in contact with competitors.
18/03/2024
E-learning | Protection of reporting persons using a whistleblower system
The EU’s Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937) was transposed into national law in Germany by the Whistleblower Protection Act (Hin­weis­ge­ber­s­chutzge­setz, HinSchG). The Whistleblower Protection Act came into effect on 2 July 2023. We have developed an e-learning course for your employees that answers the essential legal and organisational questions relating to the whistleblower protection provided by having a reporting system in place. The course also explains how a whistleblowing system works and encourages staff to report potential issues internally rather than contacting the relevant external reporting office.
18/03/2024
CMS advises biotechnology firm Tubulis on EUR 128 million Series B2 financing...
Munich – Munich-based biotech company Tubulis has announced the successful completion of its extended and over-subscribed Series B2 round of financing, which raised EUR 128 million. This latest round was led by EQT Life Sciences and Swiss biotech investor Nextech Invest Ltd., representing funds that it manages. Other investors included US funds Frazier Life Sciences and Deep Track Capital along with all the existing investors, including Andera Partners, BioMedPartners, Fund+, Bayern Kapital’s ScaleUp-Fonds Bayern, Evotec, coparion, Seventure Partners, Occident and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). Tubulis will use the capital raised to develop the firm’s pipeline of next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). The aim is also to complete the first clinical evaluation of its two drug candidates and to drive forward the company’s planned US expansion.A CMS team headed by partner Stefan-Ulrich Müller advised Tubulis on all legal aspects of the Series B2 financing. The team led by Stefan-Ulrich Müller has been advising Tubulis for several years now, including on the preceding EUR 60 million Series B round of financing. This work is another excellent example of the wide-ranging advisory services that CMS offers in the Lifesciences & Healthcare sector. CMS Germany Stefan-Ulrich Müller, Lead Part­ner Se­basti­an Hummel, Senior Associate Maria Kucher, Associate, all Corporate/M&A, Venture Capital Stefan Lüft, Partner, Intellectual Property Jörg Schrade, Partner, Tax Stefan Lehr, Partner, Antitrust, Competition & TradePress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com
15/03/2024
CMS Expert Guide on Real Estate Data Centre Consenting
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15/03/2024
CMS Expert Guide to real estate finance law
A clear understanding of the security available is fundamental for lenders and borrowers. To assist, CMS has launched an interactive International Guide to Real Estate Finance. This provides a clear and...
14/03/2024
CMS advises Encavis management board on EUR 2.8 billion takeover offer...
Ham­burg/Frank­furt – KKR has today announced a voluntary public takeover offer made to all the other shareholders of Encavis AG of EUR 17.50 per share in cash. This represents a transaction volume of around EUR 2.8 billion. Family-owned business Viessmann GmbH & Co. KG will participate as co-investor in the KKR-led consortium. The offeror has signed binding agreements with Abacon Capital GmbH and other major shareholders holding around 31% of the total share capital. These shareholders will continue to be long-term investors in the company indirectly through a stake in the offeror’s corporate structure. Encavis and the offeror have signed an investor agreement on the key points of the transaction. In line with the investor negotiations, the consortium will support the strategic ambitions of Encavis to accelerate growth. The offer document will be submitted by the offeror within the next two weeks for approval by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Completion of the transaction is subject to a minimum acceptance threshold and regulatory approvals, among other conditions. CMS advised Encavis on the investor agreement via a team headed by Dr Henrik Drinkuth and Ayleen Görisch, together with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and will advise the Encavis management board on all legal aspects of the takeover offer. The company is a longstanding CMS client. CMS Germany Dr Henrik Drinkuth, Partner Ayleen Görisch, Counsel, both Lead Dr Hendrik Quast, Senior Associate, all Corporate/M&A Christoff Soltau, Partner Kai Neuhaus, Partner Dr Robert Bodewig, Senior Associate David Rappenglück, Associate, all Antitrust, Competition & Trade Philipp Melzer, Partner Hatice Akyel, Counsel Patrick Damanik, Senior Associate, all Banking, Finance & Insurance Encavis Natalie Grüber (Head of Legal)Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com