CMS promotes 56 to partnership
CMS is pleased to announce the promotion of 56 new partners. The new partners are based in 28 cities in 18 countries around the world, reflecting the firm's international strength and depth. Women account for 48% of all global promotions.
Charles Currier, Senior Partner for CMS UK, comments: “We’re delighted to welcome another strong cohort of lawyers to the partnership who demonstrate the depth and breadth of talent across the firm’s practice areas and geographies. Our new partners have all shown a commitment to delivering excellence for our clients and they embody core CMS values of collaboration and innovation. We look forward to seeing their practices continue to develop and thrive.”
Pierre-Sébastien Thill, CMS Chairman, comments: “Congratulations to our newest CMS partners who have consistently shown that they are adaptable and proactive in their approach to serving our clients. Their leadership will help solidify CMS’s commitment to delivering high-quality expert advice and innovative, industry-shaping solutions.”
CMS's annual partner promotions take into account promotions that take effect between 2 May 2024 and 1 April 2025.
The full list of new partners can be found below:
Belgium
| Youri Musschebroeck | Public Law, Public Procurement | Brussels |
Bulgaria
| Borislava Piperkova | Energy, Projects and Construction | Sofia |
France
| Eva Aubry | Tax | Paris |
| Chloé Delion | Tax | Paris |
| Delphine Pannetier | Employment & Pensions | Paris |
| Aurore-Emmanuelle Rubio | Clean Energy, Environment & Climate Change | Paris |
Germany
| Imme Kley | Life Sciences and Healthcare | Hamburg |
| Patrick Lühr | Corporate/M&A | Berlin |
| Saskia Pitzer | Employment & Pensions | Cologne |
Hungary
| Veronika Kovacs | Lifesciences, Public Procurement, Commercial | Budapest |
Luxembourg
| Alejandro Dominguez | Tax | Luxembourg |
Netherlands
| Tijmen Brüne | Real Estate & Construction | Amsterdam |
| Dena Mokhberolsafa | Corporate/M&A | Amsterdam |
| Andries Polkerman | Dispute Resolution | Amsterdam |
| Simon Polkerman | Dispute Resolution | Amsterdam |
Norway
| Matias Apelseth | Real Estate | Oslo |
Oman
| Ali Al Juma | Corporate | Muscat |
| Helen Dean | Corporate | Muscat |
Portugal
| António Magalhães e Menezes | Public Law | Lisbon |
| Jose Manuel Silva Nunes | Real Estate | Lisbon |
| Henrique Peyssonneau Nunes | Employment & Pensions | Lisbon |
Romania
| Alina Tihan | Banking & Finance | Bucharest |
Saudi Arabia
| Jay Randhawa | Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes | Riyadh |
Slovakia
| Martina Gavalec | Corporate/M&A, Commercial and Life Sciences & Healthcare | Bratislava |
| Natália Jánošková | Banking & Finance, Real Estate, Public Procurement | Bratislava |
South Africa
| Lebogang Molebale | Corporate/M&A and Commercial | Johannesburg |
Spain
| Elena Alcázar | Corporate/M&A | Madrid |
| Juan Moreno | Public Law & Regulated Sectors | Madrid |
Sweden
| Jeanette Jönsson | Corporate/M&A | Gothenburg |
| Mariélle Norbäck | Restructuring & Insolvency | Stockholm |
| Justus Pettersson | Tax and Private Clients | Gothenburg |
Switzerland
| Audrey Durand | Corporate/M&A | Geneva |
| Julien Witzig | Tax | Geneva |
| Thomas Zweifel | Real Estate | Zurich |
United Kingdom
| David McCallum | Capital Markets and Derivatives | London |
| William Lawrence | Corporate, Funds and Indirect Real Assets | London |
| Jason Todd | Corporate, Tax | London |
| Brynn Horner | Corporate/Energy & Infrastructure M&A | London |
| Corinna Lee | Corporate/Financial Services M&A | London |
| Ben Booker-Moore | Corporate/Private Equity M&A | London |
| Robbie Somerville | Corporate/Private Equity M&A | Glasgow |
| Stephen Kilshaw | Corporate/Private Equity M&A | London |
| Esme Saynor | Environment/Health & Safety | Sheffield |
| Kelly Rothwell | Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency | London |
| Billy Bradley | Financial Services Regulatory | London |
| Lianna Chan | Financial Services Regulatory | London |
| Dan Meatyard | Financial Services – Transactions | London |
| Leah Horn | Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes | London |
| Nick Case | Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes | Manchester |
| Kevin O'Shea | Insurance and Reinsurance Group | London |
| Rory Thomson | Insurance and Reinsurance Group | Edinburgh |
| Alexandra Tomlinson | Pensions | Manchester |
| Thibault Jeakings | Pensions | Edinburgh |
| Jess Hurle | Real Estate Disputes | Bristol |
| Maddy Lomax | Real Estate Transactions | Bristol |
| Matt Barnes | Real Estate Transactions | Liverpool |
