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We support clients across primary, acute, community, residential and social care including mental health, special education and children’s services. Our award winning healthcare team is well known for the innovative advice they offer on a wide range of healthcare matters from significant transactional advice to complex high value medical claims and healthcare regulatory advice, inward investment and NHS capital procurement, PFI’s, PPP’s and other healthcare outsourcings.

CMS are committed to driving development and growth in the sector and are members of key industry associations. We provide exceptional, tailored, expert and appropriately priced advice to a wide range of health and social care clients relying on our deep knowledge of the sector.

Long-standing clients include Nuffield Health, Spire Healthcare, NFA Group, Barchester Healthcare, Welltower, Care UK, HCA Healthcare, Primary Health Properties, General Optical Council, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Civitas Social Housing and BMI Healthcare.

  • "We always find them brilliant. They're very commercial, hugely responsive and know their onions." - Chambers, 2024
     
  • "The team always gets to a solution that meets all our needs in a timely and professional manner." - Chambers, 2024
     
  • "CMS' multi-disciplinary practice is spread across multiple offices and offers 'strong expertise' in high-value M&A transactional advice, international inward investment and NHS capital procurement, PFIs and PPP and other healthcare outsourcings." - Legal 500, Healthcare
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    CMS at Fordham IP & Policy Conference

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    Skills for Future Facing Teams: Creating a team culture of coaching and feedback

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    16 Apr 2026

    Green claims in focus

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    20 Apr 2026

    Skills for Future Facing Teams: The Emotionally Intelligent Leader

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    21 Apr 2026

    On the Pulse webinar series 2026 - Spring/Summer

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    21 Apr 2026

    Future of Renewables Spring Seminars

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    22 Apr 2026

    Sustainable Buildings: Taking the Temperature in 2026

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    23 Apr 2026

    ESG: Breaking Down the Buzzword

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    28 Apr 2026

    Strategic expansion to India: A new chapter for UK higher education

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    28 Apr 2026

    IP Insights webinar series 2026

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    29 Apr 2026

    CMS Update Morning: Media, Sports and Entertainment

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    02 May 2026

    CMS at INTA 2026

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    05 May 2026

    Joint seminar with CMS and Tannenbaum Helpern - A global perspective on securing, maintaining, and enforcing...

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    05 May 2026

    Cross-Border Financial Services 2026 webinar series

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    07 May 2026

    A new era? The Employment Rights Act 2025 and AI in employment disputes

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