Home / Events

Events

Explore exciting upcoming events, both digital and in-person, around the issues and topics that matter to you. Join us in our conversations and find out what the experts are talking about in your industry. 



Media type
Expertise
Past events
21/03/2024
Green derivatives demystified: Legal insights into sustainable finance
Join us for an insightful webinar as we explore the future of finance, focusing on sustainable investment and carbon offsetting strategies to support your business decisions. This webinar will be of particular value for project investment bankers, private equity investors, and companies in the energy and large manufacturing sectors, looking to enhance their strategies with sustainable and financially savvy solutions. The webinar will cover the following topics and will conclude with a Q&A ses­sion:Sus­tain­ab­il­ity-linked derivatives (SLD)Financial power purchase agree­ments­Man­dat­ory carbon offset: EU emission al­low­ances­Vol­un­tary carbon offset
22/10/2023
ACC Annual Meeting 2023
Meet our experts at booth #712
10/10/2023
World Hydrogen Congress 2023
Meet CMS Hydrogen experts!
20/06/2023
Africa Energy Forum 2023
Meet CMS Energy & Climate Change experts
21/03/2023
Webinar: Hydrogen projects - developing your investment case
The future of energy production around the globe is transforming. Hydrogen shows growing potential in the global transition to a low-carbon economy and global decarbonisation. To unlock hydrogen potential it is essential to understand how to develop and execute successful hydrogen projects. In this webinar, we will focus on how to use project modelling to develop a hydrogen project and assess the prospective investment options. We will evaluate how the rapidly evolving regulatory aspects to support the growth of hydrogen economy and individual hydrogen projects impact the investment choices. In addition, we will talk about how to develop an investment case ensuring a balanced evaluation of economic and social benefits, risks, and opportunities. The panel will be moderated by Bob Green, Partner & Head of Infrastructure Finance at Mazars and will include the following experts:Dalia Majum­der-Rus­sell, Partner, Energy & Climate Change, CMSJohn Yeldham, Director, Technical Lead – Financial Modelling, MazarsOlga Bezhentseva, Director, Management Consulting, MazarsThis online event is aimed at investors, spon­sors/de­velopers, lenders and advisers actively involved in and considering entering into the hydrogen market. The session will last 60 minutes and will be held in English.
23/11/2022
The role of hydrogen in ensuring European energy security
Recent geopolitical events have elevated energy security to the forefront of European governments’ concerns, both in terms of ensuring independent supply and predictable prices for the consumer. Could hydrogen be an answer to European challenges related to energy security? What role can hydrogen play in the twin aims of decarbonization as well as securing energy in­de­pend­ence? We invite you to join the next CMS panel discussion focusing on different aspects of the hydrogen value chain - production, transportation, and certification, and how each of these address the aim of securing energy supplies to European customers. The panel will be moderated by Dalia Majum­der-Rus­sell, Partner in the CMS Energy & Climate Change team and will include the following experts:Paula Maria Auer-Saupe, Vice President Climate Action Certification, TÜV SÜD AGHelmie Botter, Manager Business Development Hydrogen, GasunieWill Lochhead, Deputy Director, Head of Industrial Carbon CaptureThis online event is aimed at investors, spon­sors/de­velopers, lenders and advisers actively involved in and considering entering into the hydrogen market. The session will last 60 minutes and will be held in English.
30/10/2022
CMS - Meet our experts at The International Bar Association (IBA) Annual...
More than 70 percent of the world’s purchasing power is located outside of the United States. So for US companies, establishing or growing their business and investments with their main trade partners – whether in the UK, the European Union, China, Africa or the Middle East – is essential for their success. However, doing business in diverse markets, each with its unique legal environment and ways of practicing law, requires specialist knowledge. Our more than 5,000 lawyers worldwide provide business-focused advice, whether in a single market or across multiple jurisdictions. Our focus is on building long-term partnerships to keep our clients ahead in their chosen markets. CMS lawyers are pleased to be attending the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference from 30th October to 04th November 2022. Below you can find an overview of our partners attending the IBA Annual Conference, representing a range of jurisdictions, practice areas and sector specialisms. To arrange a meeting, please contact melania. kozyra@cmslegal. com. CMS lawyers will be participating in the following panel dis­cus­sions:France based Partner Annabelle Bail­leul-Mira­baud will be chairing Roundtables discussions of global tax trends, Wednesday 2 November (1430 - 1730)France based Partner Frédéric Roux and Michel Collet will participate in Roundtables discussions of global tax trends, Wednesday 2 November (1430 - 1730)Italy based Partner Paolo Bonolis will participate in the panel on Contracting of IT assets (digitalisation 2.0) in an increasingly complex regulatory environment, Monday 31 October (1430 - 1545)Italy based Partner Laura Opilio will take part in 3 panels:chairing Addressing dis­tri­bu­tion-re­lated shortages of medicines and medical devices from a multi-jur­is­dic­tion­al perspective meeting, Tuesday 1 November (1615 - 1730);Hot topics in international commerce, trade, franchising and product law, Monday 31 October (0930 - 1230);and Best practices in supply chain in the post (or continuing) Covid environment, the war in Ukraine and the impact of digitization, Wednesday 2 November (1615 - 1730)Germany based Partner Bjoern Gaul and Orly Gerbi of Herzog Fox Neeman, Israel will moderate a panel on New developments on Al in the workplace on 02.11.2022 (Wednesday) 9.30 h – 10.45 a. mEmployment and Industrial Relations Law Committee (Lead for moderators and speak­ers)Tech­no­logy Law Committee (one speaker) with the attending experts below:Patricia Barboza, CGM Advogados, BrazilSteven T. Hunt, Technology & Work, SAP Innovation Office, USACliff Jurkiewicz, Vice President, Strategy at Phenom, USAInge de Laat, Rutgers & Posch, Neth­er­landsAnthony J. Oncidi, Proskauer, USAVikram Shroff, Nishith Desai, IndiaYardenne Assa, Co-Founder and CEO, Unboxable, IsraelTo find out more about CMS, visit the About CMS section. For further information, please see our partners attending the conference in the gallery below and an overview of all our expertise areas.
23/10/2022
ACC Annual Meeting
CMS - Meet our experts at booth #233 More than 70 percent of the world’s purchasing power is located outside of the United States. So for US companies, establishing or growing their business and investments with their main trade partners – whether in the UK, the European Union, China, Africa or the Middle East – is essential for their success. However, doing business in diverse markets, each with its unique legal environment and ways of practicing law, requires specialist knowledge. Our more than 5,000 lawyers worldwide provide business-focused advice, whether in a single market or across multiple jurisdictions. Our focus is on building long-term partnerships to keep our clients ahead in their chosen markets. CMS is pleased to be sponsoring the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting from 23 - 26 October in Las Vegas (NV). Below you can find an overview of our partners attending the ACC annual meeting, representing a range of jurisdictions, practice areas and sector specialisms . To arrange a meeting, please contact events@cmslegal. com or visit us at booth #233. CMS lawyers will be participating in the following panel dis­cus­sions:UK-based Partner and Head of the CMS Energy & Climate Change Group Munir Hassan -  “Are you an Energy Lawyer? How Energy touches Every Business”CMS Belgium Partner Sophie Berg -  “In­ter­pret­ing the EU Whistleblower Directive: Key Steps to Ensure Compliance”. For more information about the ACC Annual meeting and the programme, please visit their website here. To find out more about CMS, visit the About CMS section. For further information, please see our partners attending the conference in the gallery below and an overview of all our expertise areas.
25/11/2021
Taking stock of hydrogen developments 2020-2021
With developments in the low carbon hydrogen space proliferating and governments creating new policies to regulate these developments, join CMS experts to explore the key changes over the last 12 months...
04/11/2021
Sustainability Claims and Greenwashing webinar
Join CMS webinar on Sustainability Claims and Greenwashing, which will be presented by the CMS Consumer Products Sector Group members Nikolas Gregor from our German practice, Stuart Helmer from our UK...
21/09/2021
Mind the gap - Making equal pay a reality
This year, 18 September is UN Equal Pay Day. This is the day on which women effectively stop earning because of the 23% global disparity in pay between men and women. To mark this event, we warmly invite...
13/07/2021
Open Secrets? Guarding value in the intangible economy
Across multiple industries, businesses are deriving an ever greater proportion of their value from assets protected not by patent or copyright – but by secrecy. And from customer data to software algorithms...