International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the promotion of 52 new partners globally in 2021, spanning 22 cities across Europe, Latin America and Africa.
This is CMS’s largest-ever round of global partner promotions since 2019 when 49 were promoted to partner worldwide. This year, women account for 37% of new partners globally.
Congratulations to our new partners who have shown that they have the diverse set of skills needed to play a fundamental role in the development of their clients’ businesses: legal and sector expertise, an innovation and global mindset as well as the interpersonal skills to form meaningful client relationships.
Pierre-Sébastien Thill, CMS Chairman
The full list of new partners is detailed below:
| Jurisdiction | Partner | Expertise | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Oliver Werner | Compliance, Corporate/M&A | Vienna |
| Belgium | Stéphanie Houx | Tax | Brussels |
| Chile | Ignacio Errazquin | Corporate/M&A, Competition | Santiago de Chile |
| Stephan Lührmann | Environment - Dispute Resolution | Santiago de Chile | |
| France | Alexandre Bordenave | Banking & Finance | Paris |
| Amélie Retureau | Tax | Paris | |
| Grégory Dumont | Private Clients | Paris | |
| Rosetta Ferrère | Banking & Finance | Paris | |
| Thomas Hains | Corporate/M&A | Paris | |
| Germany | Dr Tom Christopher Pröstler | Dispute Resolution | Berlin |
| Dr Alexandra Otto | Employment & Pensions | Cologne | |
| Kira Falter | Employment & Pensions | Cologne | |
| Dr Maximilian Hacker | Restructuring & Insolvency | Düsseldorf | |
| Amelie Schäfer | Employment & Pensions | Stuttgart | |
| Dr Dirk Schauer | Private Clients | Stuttgart | |
| Dr Kai Wallisch | Corporate/M&A | Stuttgart | |
| Dr Maximilian Koschker | Employment & Pensions | Stuttgart | |
| Hungary | Szabolcs Szendrő | Competition | Budapest |
| Italy | Nicolò d’Elia | Insurance - Litigation | Milan |
| Andrea Arcangeli | Banking & Finance | Rome | |
| Beatrice Fimiani | Tax | Rome | |
| Massimo F. Dotto | Insurance - Litigation | Rome | |
| Kenya | Alex Muchira | Corporate & Commercial | Nairobi |
| Mexico | Giancarlo Schievenini | Corporate/M&A, Infrastructure | Mexico City |
| Peru | Carolina Cueva | Compliance | Lima |
| Portugal | Diogo Castanheira Pereira | Dispute Resolution | Lisbon |
| João Leitão Figueiredo | TMC | Lisbon | |
South Africa | Sihle Bulose | Corporate/M&A, Private Equity | Johannesburg |
| Switzerland | Sidonie Morvan | Real Estate | Geneva |
| United Kingdom | Catriona Aldridge | Employment | Edinburgh |
| Claire Wallis | Real Estate | Edinburgh | |
| Christopher Dickson | Construction | Glasgow | |
| Mike McColl | Real Estate | Glasgow | |
| Neeraj Thomas | Intellectual Property | Glasgow | |
| Neil Lacey | Real Estate | Liverpool | |
| Amit Tyagi | Insurance & Reinsurance Group | London | |
| Dalia Majumder-Russell | Power | London | |
| David Wilkinson | Real Estate | London | |
| Elliot Cowan | Corporate | London | |
| Geoff Tan | Insurance & Reinsurance Group | London | |
| Justin Coaley | Corporate | London | |
| Laura Clarke | Pensions | London | |
| Michelle Kirkland | Corporate | London | |
| Patrick Groves | Corporate | London | |
| Rebecca Prigg | Construction | London | |
| Rizwan Rahman | Corporate | London | |
| Robin Biela | Real Estate Disputes | London | |
| Scarlett West | Insurance & Reinsurance Group | London | |
| Timea Scholey | Restructuring & Insolvency | London | |
| Yvonne Screene | Insurance & Reinsurance Group | London | |
| Eleanor Merrett | Intellectual Property | Sheffield | |
| Tim Riordan | Insurance & Reinsurance Group | Sheffield |
