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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 and robustness of your relationships with third parties, whether they are your customers, suppliers or intermediaries. Contractual arrangements attuned to the sectors and markets in which you operate are key.

Whether you require advice on supply arrangements, services agreements, technology or telecommunications contracts, IP licensing, manufacturing agreements, consumer arrangements, software licensing, outsourcing or any other bespoke commercial arrangement, our specialists can guide you towards the best business outcome for you.

We are market-leading practitioners, and have shaped many of the landmark deals in the various sectors which we serve. This means that we do not simply counsel our clients on how to paper their transactions, but work with them from the start to come up with the structure which is most effective for them, and share with them our experience of the many other deals we have executed.

Our commercial lawyers also benefit from the support of colleagues expert in complementary legal areas. Tax lawyers ensure that contracts are tax-efficient and that any liability is properly allocated between the parties. Competition law specialists enable contracts to exploit rights or distribute products as effectively as possible, within the constraints of an ever-changing legal and regulatory framework.

We don't distinguish "legal points" and "commercial points". If an issue is relevant to the deal we are working on then we will understand it and help our clients to resolve it. We also understand that contracts are important for our clients, and time-pressured. Our clients don't need to explain to us that something is urgent or critical; we know already.

 
Neil Baylis
Neil Baylis
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Neil has over 20 years experience as a competition law partner and also has significant commercial and regulatory expertise.  He sits as a non-executive director on a number of boards.  His clients...
Matthew Bennett
Matthew Bennett
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Matthew is a partner in the CMS Technology and Sourcing Team. He specialises in advising on outsourcing, offshoring and shared services (both BPO and ITO), procurement, logistics and other strategic...
Richard Brown
Richard Brown
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Richard is a Partner in our Employment team. He was qualified as solicitor in 1995 and became a partner in 2005, overall having over 20 years of experience. Richard specialises in all aspects of Employment...
Emma Burnett
Emma Burnett
Partner
Head of Data Protection
United Kingdom, London
Emma Burnett is a partner in the Commercial Team and her practice focuses on data protection, technology and outsourcing. She regularly advises high profile international clients on her core specialism...
John Cloke
John Cloke
Partner
United Kingdom, London
John is a partner in the commercial media team with over 15 years’ experience, with a particular focus on transactions involving the exploitation of media and other commercial rights in sport. His clients...
Davinia Cowden
Vini Cowden
Partner
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Davinia is a Partner in the Energy & Climate Change Team at CMS.  She has over 18 years‘ experience of advising on complex high value projects and has been with the firm for 20 years.  She acts for...
Hannah Curtis
Hannah Curtis
Partner
United Kingdom, Bristol
Hannah Curtis is a partner in the Technology & Media Team and a member of the firm’s Life Sciences Sector Group. Hannah works across a number of sectors but has a particular focus on life sciences &...
Joy Davey
Joy Davey
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Joy Davey is a partner in the Financial Services & Regulation Team at CMS UK specialising in outsourcings by financial institutions. I combine both commercial and regulatory expertise when helping clients...
Dr Sam De Silva
Dr Sam De Silva
Partner
Global Co-Head of the Commercial Practice Group
United Kingdom, London
Dr Sam De Silva is an international award winning Partner in the Technology and Outsourcing practice and is the Global Co-Head of the Commercial Practice Group. Sam specialises in complex and strategic...
David Dennis
David Dennis
Partner
United Kingdom, Glasgow
David Dennis is a partner in the CMS Technology Team. He enjoys a wide range of commercial, technology and intellectual property-related work, with a particular interest in the life sciences sector. David...