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Carl Werner
Principal Counsel

Carl Werner, Solicitor (England & Wales)

Rechtsanwalt

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Carl Werner advises lenders and borrowers on cross-border structured finance transactions, principally in the area of asset, project, acquisition and corporate finance.

Carl also advises regularly on English maritime law matters, in particular advising owners and charterers on a wide range of English law governed maritime agreements (e.g. charterparties, bills of lading, pooling agreements and ship management contracts) and represents clients in English law governed arbitration proceedings.

Carl qualified as a solicitor in Victoria, Australia in 2001 and worked for more than ten years at a global international law firm in Melbourne (Australia), Frankfurt and London before joining CMS in 2013. He is a Counsel in our Hamburg office.

Memberships & Roles

  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • Hamburg Bar Association

Education

  • 2000: Traineeship/Articles of Clerkship at a large international commercial law firm in Melbourne, Australia

Insights by Carl

CMS advises EDF power solutions Deutschland on innovative grid storage project

14 Jan 2026 2 min read

CMS advises WBS Power on the sale of Germany's largest co-location BESS and solar PV project to Prime Capital and on strategic joint venture for hyperscale data centre

08 Dec 2025 1 min read

CMS advises German promotional bank KfW on investment in Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH under the raw materials fund

04 Dec 2025 2 min read

CMS advises RAILPOOL in connection with new junior financing platform including 200 million euro private placement

11 Aug 2025 2 min read
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