Dispute Resolution

CMS has a wealth of experience across CEE in helping clients to resolve their disputes. Our lawyers from 16 offices in the region represent multinationals and leading local players in a wide variety of complex disputes ranging from international arbitrations and high-stake class actions to criminal investigations.

Whether you are from the construction, life sciences, technology, energy, financial services or automotive industry, you will find in our CEE dispute resolution team many industry specialists who fully understand well your market and the business context of your dispute. We take pride in assisting our clients in dispute prevention but, when necessary, we know how to prevail in the courtroom. Most importantly, apart from the dispute resolution services, we offer our clients sophisticated dispute prevention solutions as well as early case assessment services by the use of a cutting-edge software tool called CMS Evidence.

In Hungary, our dispute resolution lawyers are not just litigators and arbitration specialists, but business-minded problem solvers. We represent clients from all industries before courts, arbitral tribunals, public prosecutors and regulatory authorities. 

Our portfolio currently includes over 150 active disputes, around a quarter of which are international arbitration proceedings, with a cumulative value exceeding EUR 150 billion. We are recognised leaders in arbitration, white-collar investigations, high-stakes corporate litigation, representative actions and complex commercial disputes.

Whether you are faced with corporate, commercial, labour, intellectual property, competition, insurance or product liability disputes, we can support you, obtain injunctions and deal with enforcement procedures for foreign judgements and arbitral awards. Sectors in which we have a particularly strong track record of providing dispute resolution services include construction and infrastructure, financial institutions and services, life sciences, energy, technology, media and telecommunications, and consumer products. 

CMS Hungary’s Dispute Resolution team has maintained its Band 1 ranking in Chambers Europe for over 20 consecutive years, underpinning our enduring expertise and consistency in delivering top-tier dispute resolution services.