The greatest appreciation of our work is to have content clients. If our expertise is recognised and honoured beyond that, we are, of course, all the more pleased. CMS has recently received the following awards:
Awards
2024 CEE Firm of the Year
Chambers Europe
2024 Deal of the Year in Austria and North Macedonia
CEE Legal Matters
Top 20 Business Law Firm Austria 2023/24
JUVE
Women in law award 2023 for Best Law Firm
Promoting the Best
Law firm of the year Austria for Employment Law in 2023, 2020 and 2019
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
CEE Tax Firm of the Year 2023 CMS Croatia
ITR
Law firm of the year Austria 2022 for Mergers and Acquisitions and Employment Law
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
Top ranked in Austria for Employment for over a decade
JUVE
First law firm to receive an ÖKOPROFIT award
OekoBusiness Vienna
CEE Law Firm of the Year 2021, 2016 and 2012
Chambers Europe
2019 Deal of the Year in Montenegro and North Macedonia
CEE Legal Matters
European Mid-Market M&A Legal Adviser 2018
Mergermarket European M&A Awards
Central & Eastern Europe M&A Legal Adviser 2018, 2014 and 2012
Mergermarket European M&A Awards
ILO Client Choice Award in 2018, 2017 and 2014 – for selected CMS partners in Austria and CEE
Austrian Law Firm of the Year 2014
JUVE
Rankings
Bloomberg FY 2023 League Tables
Global:
#1 in CEE
#1 in Europe
Mid-Market:
#1 in Europe for both up to $500 mln and up to $250 mln
Refinitiv FY 2023 Global and Emerging Markets League Tables:
#2 in CEE
FY 2023 Mergermarket Global & Regional League Tables:
#1 in DACH
Chambers Europe 2024
Band 1 in the Central & Eastern Europe category in 2023 for Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A and Projects & Energy.
Band 1 in the Europe-wide category in 2023 for Employment, Projects & Energy, Real Estate and TMT:Media.
IFLR1000 2023
Tier 1 in Austria in 2023 for Project development.
Tier 1 in Bulgaria in 2023 for Banking and finance, M&A and Project development.
Tier 1 in Croatia in 2023 for Financial and corporate and Project development.
Tier 1 in Serbia in 2023 for Project development.
Tier 2 in Austria in 2023 for Banking and finance and M&A.
Tier 2 in Montenegro in 2023 for Financial and corporate and Project development.
Tier 2 in Serbia in 2023 for Financial and corporate.
Tier 2 in Slovenia in 2023 for Financial and corporate.
JUVE 2023
#1 Employment
#2 Banking and finance
#2 Capital markets
The Legal 500 EMEA 2024
7 lawyers are listed in the “Hall of Fame” group.
19 lawyers are listed in the elite "Leading individuals" group.
18 lawyers are listed in the "Next Generation Partner" group.
21 lawyers are listed in the "Rising star" group.
