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Apart from offering expert legal consultancy for local jurisdictions, CMS partners up with you to effectively navigate the complexities of global business and legal environments.

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Whether you are an employer/owner, contractor, funder/investor or you are buying an interest in a project that is under construction or has recently been completed, you need documents that reflect your risk profile, protect your interests and promote collaborative working and optimum project delivery.

Drafting those agreements and implementing the rights and obligations that flow from them becomes key to avoiding, managing and resolving disputes successfully.

Understanding where, how and why problems arise enables us to devise winning strategies to protect our clients and to craft agreements that facilitate project delivery. Preventing and managing disputes is given top priority. We advise on the full range of domestic and international disputes procedures.

One of the first firms to recognise construction law as a specialist area and create a dedicated team, our global practice focuses on understanding each client’s business and delivering advice in this context.

Through close relationships with our clients and the sectors in which they operate, we help deliver construction, engineering, infrastructure and energy projects. We advise on every aspect from inception and procurement through funding and building to commissioning and operation.

Working closely with colleagues specialising in real estate development and project finance, insurance, tax, procurement law, planning, energy and environmental law, our full service Construction Team has a market-leading track record of advising on a diverse range of transactions and disputes concerning some of the largest, most complex and high profile projects in the world.

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    "I have always found CMS's advice to be of the highest order. They are very responsive and prompt."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "CMS is incredibly effective. The firm deals well with complexity and novel issues."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "CMS has a strong and well-resourced team."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "The CMS team is proactive and quick to respond. They are mindful of the possible commercial outcomes."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "The CMS team has incredibly competent associates, senior associates and partners. CMS is incredibly efficient in responding to my queries and keeping the client informed of the process."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "CMS is quick to gain a thorough understanding of the issues and also the technical aspects at the root of the matter in question. There is constant partner involvement and leadership."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "CMS is quick to identify key project risks and tailor the drafting accordingly to mitigate overall risk for the client."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "CMS is one of the few firms that are able to quickly grasp complex matters and provide clear advice. They go above and beyond to deliver."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "CMS is able to advise on all construction-related matters and has good knowledge of the market."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "The team at CMS are very proactive and provide speedy responses."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "They have always been very thorough and knowledgeable in the advice they have given to us. They are a strong team who are always very responsive and react quickly when needed."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "There can be no complaints from anyone in relation to their commercial acumen and their ability to take quick and commercial decisions. The team at CMS have excellent judgement."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "They show a high level of competence aligned with a pragmatic, commercial and strategic approach."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "CMS's strength is focusing the advice and input to provide efficient yet valuable support that the client can utilise in a very practical way."
    Chambers, 2024
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    "Good, user-friendly team with a wide range of specific skills."
    Legal 500, 2024
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    "The team's service levels and responsiveness are first class."
    Chambers, 2024
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    "CMS's team is quick to respond and helpful."
    Chambers, 2024
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    "CMS offers excellent technical understanding, combined with a pragmatic approach and commercial acumen."
    Chambers, 2024
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    "Very deep team and experience in real estate and construction."
    Legal 500, 2024
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    "They are demonstrating rapid and impressive growth in which the quality of domestic and international work is notable, to the extent I would suggest it matches and exceeds a number of their London competitors."
    Legal 500, 2024

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We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.

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