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  • Cyber Space - Global cyber expectations for 2026: New laws, regulations and increased severity of incidents? Part 2
    12 Mar 2026 8 min read
  • Transposition Time Updates – Nordic Trio: Denmark, Finland, and Sweden Progress Towards New EU Product Liability Directive Implementation
    12 Feb 2026 6 min read
  • CyberSpace - Global cyber expectations for 2026: New laws, regulations and increased severity of incidents? Part 1
    29 Jan 2026 11 min read
  • Hungary registers first crypto-asset conversion validation service provider
    09 Jan 2026 4 min read
  • Transposition Time Updates – New Year Rings in the First EU Member State adoption of the new Product Liability Directive
    09 Jan 2026 7 min read

Insurers, reinsurers, and brokers face an increasingly unpredictable world, not least because of tougher capital and risk requirements impacting on their business. So you can be certain to meet these challenges successfully, you need advisors with specialist knowledge of your sector and a detailed understanding of the evolving regulatory framework.

CMS has helped major insurers establish and expand operations in Central and Eastern Europe. We are the market leader in M&A in the sector, offer dedicated regulatory expertise, and have extensive experience from distribution of insurance products to the defence of class action claims.

We can protect your commercial interests in your home market and across borders. We provide advice based on strong local knowledge delivered on a Europe-wide basis by expert lawyers, many of whom have worked in the sector or for regulatory authorities.

We assist clients on the most complex transactional, advisory and contentious matters. A multi-disciplinary team advises on strategic as well as operational matters, liability and dispute resolution, policy drafting, coverage, regulatory issues, M&A, capital raising and restructurings, HR, tax, real estate and commercial issues.

Highlighted experience

  • AG

    on a warranty and indemnity insurance matter and cross-border activities.

  • CIG Pannónia Első Magyar Általános Biztosító

    on critical claims and financial exposure to FOS passported policy portfolio in another EU country. 

  • AXA (Austria)

    on cross-border activity, legal compliance of insurance products and distribution  agreements in Hungary, including on the sale of its Hungarian banking operations to OTP Bank and on the 100% sale of shares in its life insurance business in Hungary to VIG.

Awards & Recognitions
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    "CMS's team is quick and has a thorough understanding of the problem, a proactive approach and complex problem resolution skills."
    Legal 500, 2025

Insurance Insights

Cyber Space - Global cyber expectations for 2026: New laws, regulations and increased severity of incidents? Part 2

12 Mar 2026 8 min read

Transposition Time Updates – Nordic Trio: Denmark, Finland, and Sweden Progress Towards New EU Product Liability Directive Implementation

12 Feb 2026 6 min read

CyberSpace - Global cyber expectations for 2026: New laws, regulations and increased severity of incidents? Part 1

29 Jan 2026 11 min read

Hungary registers first crypto-asset conversion validation service provider

09 Jan 2026 4 min read

Transposition Time Updates – New Year Rings in the First EU Member State adoption of the new Product Liability Directive

09 Jan 2026 7 min read

Hungary changes global minimum tax reporting impacting in-scope MNEs

19 Nov 2025 4 min read

Hungary implements institutional framework for EU AI Act

06 Nov 2025 4 min read

CMS celebrates success at the Legal 500 CEE Awards 2025

17 Oct 2025 3 min read

Events

  • Hungary
    08 Apr 2026

    CMS at Fordham IP & Policy Conference

  • Hungary
    10 Apr 2026

    About cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions

  • Hungary
    16 Apr 2026

    Green claims in focus

  • Hungary
    17 Apr 2026

    Pharmaceutical industry trends: evergreen topics and emerging challenges, with a focus on promotion,...

  • Hungary
    21 Apr 2026

    On the Pulse webinar series 2026 - Spring/Summer

  • Hungary
    24 Apr 2026

    Overview of the new Consumer Protection Act: outlook and practical considerations

  • Hungary
    28 Apr 2026

    IP Insights webinar series 2026

  • Hungary
    02 May 2026

    CMS at INTA 2026

  • Hungary
    05 May 2026

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

  • Hungary
    08 May 2026

    Experience with restructuring bond transactions and fiduciary asset management (trust structure)

  • Hungary
    22 May 2026

    Sale of a company or assets in insolvency proceedings

  • Hungary
    28 May 2026

    CMS International Crypto Forum 2026

  • Hungary
    29 May 2026

    The new Bankruptcy and Liquidation Act (Hungary)

Local market knowledge. Global outlook

We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.

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