Expertise

Banking & Finance
The banking sector is changing at an ever-increasing pace. Changes in the organization of companies and the evolution of digitalization on an unprecedented scale are driving a series of related technologies...
Portugal
expertise
Banking & Finance
CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo's Banking & Finance team has advised numerous Spanish and multinational entities on some of the largest financial transactions of the last few decades. A combination...
Spain
expertise
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
The CMS Banking & Finance practice is one of Europe’s largest and provides local and pan-European expertise in the full spectrum of banking, finance, regulatory and capital markets law. We ensure our...
Slovenia
Banking & Finance
expertise
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz’s banking and finance law team consists of dedicated experts who assist our clients in legal and tax matters with regard to transactions, regulatory issues and all other banking...
Austria
Banking & Finance
expertise
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
As a participant in the global banking and finance industry, you are faced with increasing financial, regulatory and political pressures. New rules on capital requirements, risk profile and investor protection...
Slovakia
Banking & Finance
expertise
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
As a participant in the global banking and finance industry, you are faced with increasing financial, regulatory and political pressures. New rules on capital requirements, risk profile and investor protection...
Bulgaria
Banking & Finance
expertise
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
The CMS Banking & Finance practice is one of Europe’s largest and provides local and pan-European expertise in the full spectrum of banking, finance, regulatory and capital markets law. We ensure our...
Croatia
Banking & Finance
expertise
Banking & Finance
The CMS Luxembourg Banking & Finance team provides local and pan-European expertise in the full spectrum of banking, finance, regulatory and capital markets law. In one of the most important financial...
Luxembourg
expertise
Banking & Finance
As a participant in the global banking and finance industry, you are faced with increasing financial, regulatory and political pressures. New rules on capital requirements, risk profile and investor protection...
Romania
expertise
Banking & Finance
A strong team for Banking & Finance The Banking & Finance team at CMS comprises more than 50 lawyers serving clients throughout Germany, operating mainly out of our Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne...
Germany
expertise
Banking & Finance
Our team by your side in a world of innovation Our clients operate in a changing and international environment, seizing opportunities. Digital and technological developments, economic, financial and health...
France
expertise
Banking & Finance
The CMS Banking & Finance practice is one of Europe’s largest and provides local and pan-European expertise in the full spectrum of banking, finance, regulatory and capital markets law. We ensure our...
Belgium
expertise
Banking & Finance
Our Banking & Finance practice is one of the biggest in Europe. Our expertise includes the entire spectrum of banking, finance and regulated markets. In local ánd international situations. We deliver...
Netherlands
expertise
Banking & Finance
As a participant in the global banking and finance industry, you are faced with increasing financial, regulatory and political pressures. New rules on capital requirements, risk profile and investor protection...
Poland
expertise
Banking & Finance
As a participant in the global banking and finance industry, you are faced with increasing financial, regulatory and political pressures. New rules on capital requirements, risk profile and investor protection...
Czech Republic
expertise
Banking & Finance
The CMS Banking & Finance practice is one of Europe’s largest and provides local and pan-European expertise in the full spectrum of banking, finance, regulatory and capital markets law. The Italian...
Italy
expertise
Banking & Finance
As a participant in the global banking and finance industry, you are faced with increasing financial, regulatory and political pressures. New rules on capital requirements, risk profile and investor protection...
Hungary
expertise
Commercial Law
As a business operating in today’s increasingly regulated markets, you need to manage your commercial risk while achieving your business objectives. Your success is built upon the effectiveness of your...
Belgium
expertise
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you may face challenges such as globalization, digitalisation, environmental and health concerns, consumer and media pressure, growing retailer buyer power...
Italy
expertise
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you face a myriad of challenges such as globalisation and digitalisation, environmental and health concerns, supply chain management, consumer and media pressure...
Belgium
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you face a myriad of challenges such as globalisation and digitalisation, environmental and health concerns, supply chain management, consumer and media pressure...
Slovenia
Consumer Products
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Czech Republic
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Slovakia
Consumer Products
expertise
Consumer Products
For many years now, consumer law has continued to extend its hold over the legal landscape, both in France and Europe, reflecting a constant desire to rebalance relations between businesses and consumers...
France
expertise
Consumer Products
The consumer products sector is facing endless challenges such as globalisation and digitalisation, as well as those brought by environmental and health issues, supply chain management, media and consumer...
Spain
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you face a myriad of challenges such as globalisation and digitalisation, environmental and health concerns, supply chain management, consumer and media pressure...
Austria
Consumer Products
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Romania
expertise
Consumer Products
The consumer products sector is by its nature fast-moving and diverse, and CMS has extensive industry experience and understanding of the issues relevant to your business. We can quickly assemble cross-border...
Germany
expertise
Consumer Products
Recent times have brought new challenges to all areas of the consumer products sector. The new post-pandemic reality, changing consumer tastes, increasing regulatory burden, pressures on margins and supply...
Portugal
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Hungary
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Bulgaria
Consumer Products
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you face a myriad of challenges such as globalisation and digitalisation, environmental and health concerns, supply chain management, consumer and media pressure...
Croatia
Consumer Products
expertise
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you face a myriad of challenges such as strong competition, globalisation and digitalisation, legislative changes, environmental and health concerns, volatile...
Netherlands
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Poland
expertise
Data-Protection
As well as being a valuable and highly coveted resource for companies, personal data, whose volume is exploding as the digital revolution advances, is the subject of intense debate and subject to strict...
France
expertise
Data Protection Law
In today's business world, the idea of not using data applications on a daily basis is impossible to imagine, while at the same time, companies are operating in the increasingly sensitive area of privacy...
Bulgaria
expertise
Data Protection Law
The law firm for data protection law  In an increasingly networked world, in which cloud solutions, international data exchange, artificial intelligence, profiling etc. play an ever-greater role, data...
Austria
expertise
Data Protection Law & IT Security Law
Advice on data protection-compliant structuring of all business models and internal/external processes which involve personal data of customers, employees or other third partiesDesign, preparation and...
Germany
expertise
Distribution and Franchising
To keep your distribution or franchising system both efficient and sound, somebody has to keep an eye on the legal framework conditions at all times. Only then can your product or service be commercially...
Austria
expertise
Gambling
The gambling industry is constantly in a state of change. While regulatory liberalisation is creating new opportunities in some jurisdictions, tightening legislation is closing down avenues in others...
Bulgaria
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
The hotel sector is an important and developing one, especially in Italy with many impressive new projects growing in our domestic market. CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, has specialist professionals...
Italy
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo boasts a specialised Hotels and Leisure team responsible for providing advice on all aspects of the sector, including acquisitions, construction and financing, as well...
Spain
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
Hotels & Leisure
Welcome to hotels and leisure web page of CMS, your trusted partner in the world of hotels and leisure investments. At CMS, we specialize in providing comprehensive legal services to investors in the...
Austria
Hotels & Leisure
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
Hotels & Leisure
Whether you are an owner, investor, lender or operator in the hotels and leisure sector, you are faced with uniquely complex business issues that require practical and innovative solutions. You can depend...
Bulgaria
Hotels & Leisure
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
Hotels & Leisure
Welcome to hotels and leisure web page of CMS, your trusted partner in the world of hotels and leisure investments. At CMS, we specialize in providing comprehensive legal services to investors in the...
Slovenia
Hotels & Leisure
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
Whether you are an owner, investor, lender or operator in the hotels and leisure sector, you are faced with uniquely complex business issues that require practical and innovative solutions. You can depend...
Czech Republic
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
Whether you are an owner, investor, lender or operator in the hotels and leisure sector, you are faced with uniquely complex business issues that require practical and innovative solutions. You can depend...
Poland
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
As an owner, investor, lender or operator in the hotels and leisure sector, you encounter complex business issues that require expert solutions. In addition to managing real estate assets, your issues...
Belgium
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
The Hotels & Leisure sector faces huge challenges within an increasingly global and competitive market. The dynamic of hotel markets makes experience and celerity in the answer, critical elements for...
Portugal
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
What others say about us "The cross-departmental hotels team receives consistent praise from clients."  (Legal 500)"The firm offers a dedicated hotels practice, fielding lawyers with prodigious industry...
Germany
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
As an owner, investor, lender or operator in the hotels and leisure sector, you encounter complex business problems on a daily basis. In addition to managing your real estate assets, you face issues relating...
France
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
We are the leading law firm in the hotel industry. We assist with mergers and acquisitions, financing, project development and construction, lease constructions, management and franchise agreements and...
Netherlands
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
Whether you are an owner, investor, lender or operator in the hotels and leisure sector, you are faced with uniquely complex business issues that require practical and innovative solutions. You can depend...
Hungary
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
Welcome to hotels and leisure web page of CMS, your trusted partner in the world of hotels and leisure investments. At CMS, we specialize in providing comprehensive legal services to investors in the...
Croatia
expertise
Hotels & Leisure
Whether you are an owner, investor, lender or operator in the hotels and leisure sector, you are faced with uniquely complex business issues that require practical and innovative solutions. You can depend...
Romania
expertise
Infrastructure & Project Finance
We advise on complex infrastructure and project finance transactions relating to public works and private sector financing in areas such as transport, health, education, waste, energy, defence, telecommunications...
Spain
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you succeed in complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved in public...
Poland
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you successfully handle complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved...
Netherlands
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you to successfully handle complex infrastructure transactions and projects in time. Whether you are involved...
Slovenia
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you succeed in complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved in public...
Romania
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you successfully handle complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved...
Belgium
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you to successfully handle complex infrastructure transactions and projects in time. Whether you are involved...
Croatia
Infrastructure & Projects
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you succeed in complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved in public...
Slovakia
Infrastructure & Projects
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
One of Germany’s leading providers of legal advice on infrastructure projects Complexity and diversity are key features of infrastructure projects and their financing. CMS Germany offers you legal advice...
Germany
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
Energy & Climate Change
Your interests are defended by our specialists, armed with in-depth knowledge of the sectors concerned and a real capacity for innovation. France is recognised as one of the top countries in terms of...
France
Energy & Climate Change
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you to successfully handle complex infrastructure transactions and projects in time. Whether you are involved...
Austria
Infrastructure & Projects
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
Infrastructure projects encompass a variety of energy, waste, and health-related transactions in both the public and private sphere. Changes in the organization of companies, the necessary stimulus to...
Portugal
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you succeed in complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved in public...
Bulgaria
Infrastructure & Projects
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you succeed in complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved in public...
Czech Republic
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni can count on a team of experts in infrastructure and projects. The team has the specialized knowledge and skills needed to help sponsors secure the financing they...
Italy
expertise
Infrastructure & Projects
As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you succeed in complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved in public...
Hungary
expertise
Insolvency & Restructuring
Whether you are a business executive or a buyer, you may be required to carry out a profound reorganization of your company or one of its entities to improve performance or to ensure its solvency. To...
Luxembourg
expertise
IT-Law
Information technology is developing at lightning speed, at the same time, the field of IT law has developed at a similar pace. One of the key drivers of success for your company is arguably a highly-complex...
Austria
expertise
Media Law
Law firm for media law What is media law? What is the Media Act? The rapid expansion in the field of media, especially new media, as well as the growing number of legal requirements here often lead to...
Austria
expertise
Mergers & Acquisitions
Together with the commercial law practice, our Mergers and Acquisitions team is dedicated to providing innovative solutions that reflect our many years of experience and insight into the specialized demands...
Italy
expertise
Mobility
The mobility sector is constantly changing. There are various current developments and social ambitions that have an impact on freight transport, passenger transport, the public transport sector and the...
Netherlands
expertise
Private Equity
As a private equity fund, investor or management team, you face daily pressures of valuations, performance, exit strategies and regulation. The ready availability of debt has strongly impacted the competition...
France
expertise
Private Equity
The significant level of capital committed to the private equity sector, coupled with the availability of debt, has had a significant effect on pricing levels and competition for assets. Your priority...
Czech Republic
expertise
Private Equity
Private equity investors face daily challenges, including fundraising, origination, valuation, execution, performance, exit strategies and regulation. Traditional tools of private equity for generating...
Portugal
expertise
Private Equity
As a private equity fund, investor or management team, you face daily pressures of valuations, performance, exit strategies and regulation. The relative availability of debt together with significant...
Luxembourg
expertise
Private Equity
Private Equity
As a private equity fund, investor or management team, you face daily pressures of valuations, performance, exit strategies and regulation. The relative availability of debt together with significant...
Croatia
Private Equity
expertise
Private Equity
As a private equity fund, investor or management team, you may face the daily pressures of valuations, performance, exit strategies and regulations whether you are active in Italy or abroad. A first-rate...
Italy
expertise
Private Equity
Private Equity
As a private equity fund, investor or management team, you face daily pressures of valuations, performance, exit strategies and regulation. The relative availability of debt together with significant...
Slovenia
Private Equity
expertise
Private Equity
The significant level of capital committed to the private equity sector, coupled with the availability of debt, has had a significant effect on pricing levels and competition for assets. Your priority...
Poland
expertise
Private Equity
Private Equity
As a private equity fund, investor or management team, you face daily pressures of valuations, performance, exit strategies and regulation. The relative availability of debt together with significant...
Austria
Private Equity
expertise
Private Equity
Private Equity
The significant level of capital committed to the private equity sector, coupled with the availability of debt, has had a significant effect on pricing levels and competition for assets. Your priority...
Bulgaria
Private Equity
expertise
Private Equity
Our clients in this area comprise private equity funds and enterprises, their management agents and all other entities operating in the sector, including private investors and management teams who play...
Spain
expertise
Private Equity
The significant level of capital committed to the private equity sector, coupled with the availability of debt, has had a significant effect on pricing levels and competition for assets. Your priority...
Romania
expertise
Private Equity
As a private equity fund, investor or management team, you face daily pressures of valuations, performance, exit strategies and regulation. The relative availability of debt together with significant...
Belgium
expertise
Private Equity
The significant level of capital committed to the private equity sector, coupled with the availability of debt, has had a significant effect on pricing levels and competition for assets. Your priority...
Hungary
expertise
Private Equity & Venture Capital
What others say about us "A leading firm for private equity and venture capital, with one of the broadest practices in the market."(JUVE)"The PE practice is one of the market leaders and boasts exceptional...
Germany
expertise
Production and Product Liability
Tailored strategies for optimum risk protection We offer wide-ranging advice on legal matters relating to production and product liability, extending from product and manufacturer's liability through...
Germany
expertise
Sports Law
The commercialisation and professionalisation of sport has made questions of sports law increasingly more relevant. For you - as an individual athlete or an association, agency, sports company, club or...
Austria
expertise
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Innovation, digital transformation, changing business models: the technology, media and communications sector has been characterised by a single constant in recent years: change. Intellectual property...
France
expertise
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Fuelled by increased consumer demand for cutting edge products and low-cost services, you face a constant battle to offer ‘more for less’. Innovation drives growth, provided you overcome significant...
Bulgaria
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
expertise
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Fuelled by increased consumer demand for cutting edge products and low-cost services, your business is faced with the constant battle to offer ‘more for less’. Innovation is key, but you need to overcome...
Belgium
expertise
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Constant innovation and continuous technological change steadily alter the business environment. Conventional business structures dissolve, new business models arise. Innovation is key, but you need to...
Austria
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
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TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Constant innovation and continuous technological change steadily alter the business environment. Conventional business structures dissolve, new business models arise. Innovation is key, but you need to...
Slovenia
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
expertise
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Constant innovation and continuous technological change steadily alter the business environment. Conventional business structures dissolve, new business models arise. Innovation is key, but you need to...
Croatia
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
expertise
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Fuelled by increased consumer demand for cutting edge products and low-cost services, you face a constant battle to offer ‘more for less’. Innovation drives growth, provided you overcome significant...
Slovakia
TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
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