Louise is the Head of the CMS International Corporate/M&A Group, a global group of over 1400 Corporate lawyers throughout Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and South America. Louise undertakes this role with co-head Malte Bruhns.
Louise has been with CMS for over 30 years working on some of the largest, cross-border international transactions which CMS undertakes. She regularly works with colleagues in our CMS offices on global mandates. Her indepth knowledge enables her to provide the highest quality, seamless service that clients value.
Louise specialises in the hotels & leisure, consumer and retail sectors, specialising in M&A and all matters of corporate advisory matters for clients.
Louise’s client relationship partners are several multi-national clients, and regularly speaks at conferences on a wide variety of sector, corporate and D&I issues.
Louise has recently been appointed as a Trustee to Look Good Feel Better Charity, a charity specialising in the physical and emotional wellbeing of cancer patients.
Recommendations
Louise is recognised in Chambers and Legal 500. She is ranked as Band 1 for Hotels & Leisure, “she combines deep knowledge of the market in connection with the hospitality world. She is very tapped into that world not only legally, but also has good commercial sense of what is happening with the industry”. “She is extremely knowledgeable, and very clear thinking and very good at articulating complex things”.
Louise is also recognised for Corporate and M&A within Chambers “she looks at deals from the client’s perspective. She is brilliant”.
Louise is also recognised in the Legal 500 “a wealth of knowledge and an excellent grasp of all the key issues at play in the most complex of deals. She has an exceptional legal brain”.
Best Lawyers 2022 Leisure and Hospitality Law
Super Lawyers 2017-2023 Leisure and Hospitality
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Education
Louise Wallace has been a partner in the Corporate Team since 1997 and is a member of CMS’ Executive Committee. She covers all aspects of M&A, private equity, corporate finance, takeovers, joint ventures, corporate outsourcing, integrations and governance, and all forms of corporate restructurings.
Louise specialises in the hotels & leisure and the consumer and retail sectors. She is ranked in the top tier of Chambers 2016 for her work in the hotels & leisure sector and is recognised in Chambers for M&A (High End) GBP 250m+ deals.
Louise has acted on many of the leading M&A transactions in the hotels & leisure sector. She has advised owners and financiers on countless Management and Franchise Agreements with Hilton, IHG, Marriott, Accor as well as “White Label” Management Agreements with Redefine BDL, Chardon, Sangine, MacDonald Hotels to name but a few.
On the consumer and retail side, she has an in-depth knowledge of the sector and supports our clients with M&A, competition, media and advertising, food law, etc. Her detailed expertise as a corporate partner means Louise also regularly advises clients across a wide range of other sectors including real estate, manufacturing, support services, industrials and IT.
She has in-depth expertise in the consumer products sector (FMCG, food & drink, household & body care, cosmetics, textiles and retail), having advised retailers and manufacturers in a broad range of legal and market facing issues.
Recommendations
Louise is recognised in Chambers and Legal 500. She is ranked as Band 1 for Hotels & Leisure, “she combines deep knowledge of the market in connection with the hospitality world. She is very tapped into that world not only legally, but also has good commercial sense of what is happening with the industry”. “She is extremely knowledgeable, and very clear thinking and very good at articulating complex things”.
Louise is also recognised for Corporate and M&A within Chambers “she looks at deals from the client’s perspective. She is brilliant”.
Louise is also recognised in the Legal 500 “a wealth of knowledge and an excellent grasp of all the key issues at play in the most complex of deals. She has an exceptional legal brain”.
Best Lawyers 2022 Leisure and Hospitality Law
Super Lawyers 2017-2023 Leisure and Hospitality
Relevant experience
Education
Louise Wallace has been a partner in the Corporate Team since 1997 and is a member of CMS’ Executive Committee. She covers all aspects of M&A, private equity, corporate finance, takeovers, joint ventures, corporate outsourcing, integrations and governance, and all forms of corporate restructurings.
Louise specialises in the hotels & leisure and the consumer and retail sectors. She is ranked in the top tier of Chambers 2016 for her work in the hotels & leisure sector and is recognised in Chambers for M&A (High End) GBP 250m+ deals.
Louise has acted on many of the leading M&A transactions in the hotels & leisure sector. She has advised owners and financiers on countless Management and Franchise Agreements with Hilton, IHG, Marriott, Accor as well as “White Label” Management Agreements with Redefine BDL, Chardon, Sangine, MacDonald Hotels to name but a few.
On the consumer and retail side, she has an in-depth knowledge of the sector and supports our clients with M&A, competition, media and advertising, food law, etc. Her detailed expertise as a corporate partner means Louise also regularly advises clients across a wide range of other sectors including real estate, manufacturing, support services, industrials and IT.
She has in-depth expertise in the consumer products sector (FMCG, food & drink, household & body care, cosmetics, textiles and retail), having advised retailers and manufacturers in a broad range of legal and market facing issues.
Recommendations
Louise is recognised in Chambers Global, Chambers European and Chambers UK 2016. She has “a very good reputation for Corporate work and M&A transactions” is “very commercial, very client focused and amenable” and is “such a strong leader that she very much takes the lead”. Chambers also says she is “sensible, practical and tough”.
Louise is also recommended in Legal 500 for M&A Upper Mid Market and Premium deals £250m+ and Private Equity transactions
Consumer Products Lawyer of the Year ACQ5 Global Awards 2015
Super Lawyers 2013-2015 Corporate Finance and Consumer Products
