Events

CMS lawyers are pleased to be attending the TMT World Congress 2024 held in London on 31 January - 01 February. Below you can find an overview of our attending partners, representing a large range of jurisdictions and practice areas. To arrange a meeting, please contact the individual lawyers directly. Additionally, Anne Chitan will moderate the M&A Panel - Assessing what’s next for Transactions amid Continued Macro Headwinds, Wednesday 31 January (10:55 – 11:35). At CMS, we have some of Europe’s leading legal specialists in the technology, media and communications sector. Our Digital Communications Infrastructure Team combines exceptional expertise in project and structured finance, competition regulation and large-scale investment, while our market-leading tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions team has decades of experience in the technology and communications space, including strong expertise in the areas of fibre, towers, subsea cables, network sharing, data centres and satellite. To find out more about CMS Digital Communications Infrastructure cap­ab­il­it­ies, vis­it our Digital Communications Infrastructure section. For further information, please see our partners attending the congress in the gallery below and an overview of all our expertise areas.

Blurring Boundaries - Exploring the convergence of life sciences and law

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At a time when competition for customer spend is high, don’t fall foul of changes to consumer protection law. The risks of non-compliance are substantial - reputational damage, civil and criminal penalties and loss of business. Join our webinar on Wednesday 29 March to understand the requirements of the Digital Services Act, dark patterns and the new price reduction obligations under the Price Indication Directive. We will also discuss specific consumer law developments in the UK, Germany and Spain. The webinar will be moderated by Katie Nagy de Nagybaczon, Part­ner & Co-Head of Consumer Products Sector Group and will include the following experts:Melanie Shefford - Of Counsel, Technology, Media and Com­mu­nic­a­tions Alf­onso Codes - Partner, Public Law & Regulated SectorsJuan Moreno - Counsel, Public Law & Regulated SectorsStefan Lüft - Partner, Intellectual Property

Welcome to the launch of the On the Pulse webinar series

The future of energy production around the globe is transforming. Hydrogen shows growing potential in the global transition to a low-carbon economy and global decarbonisation. To unlock hydrogen potential it is essential to understand how to develop and execute successful hydrogen projects. In this webinar, we will focus on how to use project modelling to develop a hydrogen project and assess the prospective investment options. We will evaluate how the rapidly evolving regulatory aspects to support the growth of hydrogen economy and individual hydrogen projects impact the investment choices. In addition, we will talk about how to develop an investment case ensuring a balanced evaluation of economic and social benefits, risks, and opportunities. The panel will be moderated by Bob Green, Partner & Head of Infrastructure Finance at Mazars and will include the following experts:Dalia Majum­der-Rus­sell, Partner, Energy & Climate Change, CMSJohn Yeldham, Director, Technical Lead – Financial Modelling, MazarsOlga Bezhentseva, Director, Management Consulting, MazarsThis online event is aimed at investors, spon­sors/de­velopers, lenders and advisers actively involved in and considering entering into the hydrogen market. The session will last 60 minutes and will be held in English.

Uncertain times, an evolving legal framework: managing risks and ensuring social responsibility in the life sciences & healthcare sector Join us for our in-person Global Life Sciences & Healthcare Forum!  With the sector looking closer at the impact its business is having on the environment and social needs, as well as the role governance plays in how it conducts business, we will ex­plore:En­vir­on­ment­al sustainability: pitfalls and opportunities in a tightening regulatory frame­work­Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Claims: legal challenges and best practicesThe proposed EU Directive on Supply Chain Due Diligence: what to expect?Improving access to health: navigating the legal chal­lenges­Bridging the health gap: facilitating access to health with telemedicine, digital tools, virtual realityAccess to medicine: alternative models of distribution of medicine Equity in life sci­ences/clin­ic­al studiesWe will also discuss how increasing levels of risk over the last year have impacted the sector, in­clud­ing:Tech­no­logy Trans­form­a­tion­CMS Report on Technology Risks: New technologies give rise to new risks. Managing these risks should be a priority, but adequate measures still need to be developed. We report on our findings as they relate to the life sciences & healthcare sector. Insuring IP risks: An insurer’s approach to assessing and mitigating IP risks, and the challenges and opportunities in this area.A changing commercial landscapeSupply chain disruption and contractual hardship / termination: Best practices and considerations in the context of pandemic and war; Shortage of resources and rising inflation: Pricing and competition developments. The Forum is free to attend. 

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