CMS promotions to partnership
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Frankfurt, 24 April 2023
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the promotion of new partners. The appointments span 28 cities across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, with women accounting for almost one third of the promotions globally.
Despite the ongoing challenging times for all businesses both economically and politically, CMS has continued to invest in its people across all of its offices and geographies in which the firm operates. This latest cohort of new partners is a reflection of this.
Pierre-Sébastien Thill, CMS Chairman, comments:
“Congratulations to our new partners. At CMS, it is very important to us that we recognise individual contributions and performance; and give everyone the opportunity to use their talents and fulfil their potential. While taking on the responsibilities of a partner during these challenging times is not an easy task, I know that our new partners have the necessary depth of knowledge to anticipate our clients' challenges and the experience to meet them in innovative and sector-shaping ways.”
The full list of new partners is detailed below:
| Jurisdiction | Partner | Expertise | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Arno Zimmermann | Corporate/M&A, Litigation & Arbitration | Vienna |
| Hans Lederer | Intellectual Property, Technology, Media & Telecoms, Commercial | Vienna | |
| Klaus Pateter | Technology, Media & Telecoms, Commercial, Start-ups | Vienna | |
Belgium (EU Law Office) | Siobhan Kahmann | Competition & Trade | Brussels |
| Colombia | Leopoldo Olavarría | Corporate/M&A, Energy & Climate Change, Commercial | Bogotá |
| France | Geoffrey Levesque | Banking & Finance | Paris |
| Virginie Corbet-Picard | Corporate/M&A, Private Equity | Paris | |
| Benoît Gomel | Corporate/M&A, Private Equity | Paris | |
| Maïté Ollivier | Employment & Pensions | Paris | |
| William Hamon | Tax | Paris | |
| Sarah Dardour-Attali | Tax | Paris | |
| Germany | Thomas Maur | Banking, Finance & Insurance | Cologne |
| Dr. Florian Plagemann | Corporate/M&A | Frankfurt | |
| Dr. Benedikt Forschner | Employment | Munich | |
| Dr. Martin Friedberg | Tax | Düsseldorf | |
| Italy | Giacomo Cavasola | Corporate/M&A | Rome |
| Marco Iannacci | Dispute Resolution – Public Law | Rome | |
| Luca Vincenzi | Tax | Milan | |
| Matia Campo | Technology, Media & Telecoms, Intellectual Property | Rome | |
| Luxembourg | Andreea Antonescu | Corporate/M&A | Luxembourg |
| Hugo Arellano | Employment | Luxembourg | |
| Netherlands | Oskar van de Weijer | Litigation & Insurance | Amsterdam |
| Jasper Kampherbeek | Real Estate – Civil Law Notaries | Amsterdam | |
| Jan Peter IJspeert | Real Estate & Construction | Amsterdam | |
| Norway | Henrik Nordling | Antitrust, Competition & Trade | Oslo |
| Alf Amund Gulsvik | Public Procurement | Oslo | |
Oman | Charles Dolphin | Energy & Infrastructure | Muscat |
Peru | Alessandra Cocchella | Dispute Resolution | Lima |
| Jesús Abanto | Energy & Climate Change | Lima | |
| Nestor Shimabukuro | Public Procurement, Infrastructure & Projects | Lima | |
| Yessica Manzur | Tax | Lima | |
| Poland | Alicja Zalewska-Orabona | Intellectual Property, Trade Marks | Warsaw |
| Portugal | Tiago Valente de Oliveira | Corporate/M&A | Lisbon |
| Bernardo Cunha Ferreira | Energy & Climate Change | Lisbon | |
| Tiago Machado Graça | Lusophone Africa | Lisbon | |
| Romania | Mihai Jiganie-Serban | Dispute Resolution, White Collar Crime | Bucharest |
| Serbia | Nenad Kovačević | Dispute Resolution, Corporate/M&A, Competition & EU | Belgrade |
| Spain | Irene Miró | Corporate/M&A, Energy & Climate Change | Madrid |
| Ignacio Cerrato | Corporate/M&A, Private Equity, Energy & Climate Change | Madrid | |
| Pedro Ferreras | Corporate/M&A, Technology, Media & Telecoms, Start-ups, Automotive | Barcelona | |
| South Africa | Andre van den Berg | Banking & Finance, Hotels & Leisure, Real Estate, Technology, Media & Telecoms | Johannesburg |
| Bridgett Majola | Banking & Finance, Project Finance/Energy & Infrastructure | Johannesburg | |
| Kabelo Dlothi | Corporate/M&A, Private Equity, Energy & Climate Change | Johannesburg | |
| Lucinda Hixman | Employment & Labour | Johannesburg | |
| Switzerland | Dr. Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser | Intellectual Property & Consumer Products | Zurich |
| Dr. Matthias Kuert | Banking & Finance | Zurich | |
| United Kingdom | David Dennis | Commercial, Technology & Media | Glasgow |
Sam Oustayiannis | Commercial, Technology & Media | London | |
Daniel Weston | Corporate, Private Equity | London | |
Jamie Burgess | Corporate, Private Equity | London | |
Amanda Chamming’s | Pensions | London | |
| Natalie Mee | Pensions | London | |
| Matthew Brown | Energy & Infrastructure | London | |
| Davinia Cowden | Energy & Infrastructure | Glasgow | |
| Sarah Brook | Financial Services | London | |
| Tom Callaby | Financial Services | London | |
| Fiona Henderson | Financial Services | Aberdeen | |
| Kelly Saliger | Intellectual Property, Trade Marks | London | |
| Sara Keag | Real Estate Disputes | London | |
| Irfaan Khaliq | Real Estate Transactions | London | |
| Scott Curtis | Real Estate Transactions | London | |
| Philip Reid | Corporate, Tax | London |
