Expertise

Asset Based Financing
We are committed to building strong and trusted relationships with you at every level, and we recognise the importance of these relationships. We are proud that many of our asset-based financing clients...
United Kingdom
expertise
Capital Markets
Capital markets activity in Central and Eastern Europe is picking up, with the key capital markets in the region developing at a strong pace, particularly with respect to offers of shares and bonds, and...
Slovakia
expertise
Capital Markets
Legal questions regarding capital markets are of concern to investors and issuers alike. At the same time, the ever-increasing number of new EU directives and their implementation under domestic law means...
Austria
expertise
Commercial
Commercial
Achieving business success in highly regulated markets requires effective management of commercial risks and of your supplier and customer relationships. Whether you are an international or domestic business...
Slovakia
Commercial
expertise
Commercial
As a business operating in today’s increasingly regulated markets, you need to manage your commercial risk while achieving your business objectives. Your success is built upon the effectiveness of your...
Netherlands
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Commercial
Legal advice on purchasing, production and distribution Purchasing, production and distribution – in short, our clients’ operational activities – are at the centre of the advice we provide. With...
Germany
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Commercial
Sectorial expertise is one of CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo’s core values, ensuring knowledge of the specific characteristics of each business or industry and enabling solutions to the complexity...
Spain
expertise
Commercial
Achieving business success in highly regulated markets requires effective management of commercial risks and of your supplier and customer relationships. Whether you are an international or domestic business...
Czech Republic
expertise
Commercial
As a business operating in today’s increasingly regulated markets, you need to manage your commercial risk while achieving your business objectives. Your success is built upon the effectiveness and...
United Kingdom
expertise
Commercial
Commercial
Achieving business success in highly regulated markets requires effective management of commercial risks and of your supplier and customer relationships. Whether you are an international or domestic business...
Bulgaria
Commercial
expertise
Commercial
As a business operating in today’s increasingly regulated markets, you need to manage your commercial risk while achieving your business objectives. Your success is built upon the effectiveness of your...
Luxembourg
expertise
Commercial
Commercial
Companies as well as large corporations and SMEs deal with a complex and highly regulated market environment every day. In addition, contracts with international customers and business partners entail...
Austria
Commercial
expertise
Commercial
In today's economy, a large part of the value of business is based on the relationships established between the parties. Commercial law plays a fundamental role in society and in obtaining a competitive...
Portugal
expertise
Commercial
Achieving business success in highly regulated markets requires effective management of commercial risks and of your supplier and customer relationships. Whether you are an international or domestic business...
Romania
expertise
Commercial
Achieving business success in highly regulated markets requires effective management of commercial risks and of your supplier and customer relationships. Whether you are an international or domestic business...
Poland
expertise
Commercial
As a business operating in today’s increasingly regulated markets, you need to manage your commercial risk while achieving your business objectives.  Sector-specific contractual arrangements are key...
Italy
expertise
Commercial
Achieving business success in highly regulated markets requires effective management of commercial risks and of your supplier and customer relationships. Whether you are an international or domestic business...
Hungary
expertise
Commercial Law
In a legal environment where the rules are increasingly numerous and restrictive, you have to manage the commercial risks relating to your activity. For this, you have to protect yourself in your relations...
France
expertise
Commercial Law
As a business operating in today’s increasingly regulated markets, you need to manage your commercial risk while achieving your business objectives. Your success is built upon the effectiveness of your...
Belgium
expertise
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you may face challenges such as globalization, digitalisation, environmental and health concerns, consumer and media pressure, growing retailer buyer power...
Italy
expertise
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you face a myriad of challenges such as globalisation and digitalisation, environmental and health concerns, supply chain management, consumer and media pressure...
Belgium
expertise
Consumer Products
The consumer products sector is by its nature fast-moving and diverse, and CMS has extensive industry experience and understanding of the issues relevant to your business. We can quickly assemble cross-border...
Germany
expertise
Consumer Products
For many years now, consumer law has continued to extend its hold over the legal landscape, both in France and Europe, reflecting a constant desire to rebalance relations between businesses and consumers...
France
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you face a myriad of challenges such as globalisation and digitalisation, environmental and health concerns, supply chain management, consumer and media pressure...
Austria
Consumer Products
expertise
Consumer Products
As a player in the consumer products sector, you face a myriad of challenges such as strong competition, globalisation and digitalisation, legislative changes, environmental and health concerns, volatile...
Netherlands
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Czech Republic
expertise
Consumer Products
The consumer products sector is facing endless challenges such as globalisation and digitalisation, as well as those brought by environmental and health issues, supply chain management, media and consumer...
Spain
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Poland
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Slovakia
Consumer Products
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Consumer Products
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Bulgaria
Consumer Products
expertise
Consumer Products
Recent times have brought new challenges to all areas of the consumer products sector. The new post-pandemic reality, changing consumer tastes, increasing regulatory burden, pressures on margins and supply...
Portugal
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Romania
expertise
Consumer Products
Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their...
Hungary
expertise
Consumer Products
CMS supports each step of the consumer value chain, from the factory floor all the way to the shop door (or the customer’s front door). We help consumer facing companies create, deliver, and sell their...
United Kingdom
expertise
Corporate - M&A
Our success is due to our M&A lawyers assisting hundreds of all size enterprises in relation to the Luxembourg law aspects of both local and international mergers, acquisitions and sales of assets and...
Luxembourg
expertise
Corporate Law and Financial Market Law
We have developed a rare and innovative practice and expertise in listed and non-listed corporate law. As such, we deal with all complex issues, particularly equity operations (capital transactions, issuing...
France
expertise
Corporate Litigation
Business today can be a risky endeavour. You may find yourself confronted with a corporate dispute, whether it be a disagreement with a partner in a joint venture, a shareholder that claims the company...
Belgium
expertise
Distribution law
Distribution networks today are increasingly dense and are being built in a highly competitive environment. The legal rules that must be followed when setting up and operating these networks are ever...
France
expertise
Fraud & Corporate Criminal Defence
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni has a deep experience in assisting clients in complex business matters, facing an ever-evolving body of law and regulations, in an increasingly composite environment...
Italy
expertise
Funds
Our specialist investment funds team provides advice on all types of funds and other indirect structures throughout their lifecycle. We advise on key assets including private equity, real estate, infrastructure...
Spain
expertise
Funds
Whether you are launching, operating, lending to or investing in a fund or an alternative indirect investment vehicle, you need to overcome legal hurdles which may be from a domestic and/or cross-border...
Belgium
expertise
Funds
Funds
Whether you are launching, operating, lending to or investing in a fund or an alternative indirect investment vehicle, you need to overcome legal hurdles which may be from a domestic and/or cross-border...
Austria
Funds
expertise
Funds
Asset Management, Funds & Capital Investment Law Regulation and new tax rules are changing the market environment for investment funds. They impose new requirements on market players who operate collective...
Germany
expertise
Funds
Banking
Whether you are involved in a fund launch, marketing activities other indirect investment vehicles or on subsequent operational issues, you need to overcome legal hurdles both in domestic and cross-border...
France
Banking
expertise
Funds
We assist with the structuring, formation, fundraising, operation and investment activities of a broad range of both listed and non-listed funds across multiple industries. With teams in all relevant...
Netherlands
expertise
Funds
CMS is a leading funds law firm in the UK and major European and other markets. We provide expert advice to fund managers and investors internationally at every stage of the funds lifecyle across assets...
United Kingdom
expertise
Indirect taxation, VAT, customs duties
With over 70 years’ experience in matters relating to turnover tax and indirect taxation, our firm takes pride in its expert reputation, which is widely recognised in both national and international...
France
expertise
Insurance
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni is a leading Italian firm for Insurance law. Many of our lawyers have worked and/or have been seconded in the insurance market (including the London market), which...
Italy
expertise
Investment Funds
Whether you are launching, operating, lending to or investing in a fund or an alternative indirect investment vehicle, you need to overcome legal hurdles which may be from a domestic and/or cross-border...
Luxembourg
expertise
Joint Ventures and Reorganizations
Joint ventures and reorganizations offer companies the chance to optimize their internal operations, respond to emerging trends or tap into new market opportunities. Our experienced team of Corporate...
Belgium
expertise
Mergers & Acquisitions
Our success can be attributed to the assistance our M&A lawyers have given to hundreds of enterprises in relation to Belgian law aspects of both local and international mergers, acquisitions and sales...
Belgium
expertise
Mergers & Acquisitions
Together with the commercial law practice, our Mergers and Acquisitions team is dedicated to providing innovative solutions that reflect our many years of experience and insight into the specialized demands...
Italy
expertise
Real Estate
Property transactions “made by CMS Germany” Our team specialises in all matters related to real estate transactions. This applies to all aspects of the acquisition, sale and financing of properties...
Germany
expertise
Regulatory
The daily challenges you face in doing business in a highly regulated, cost-pressured environment mean you need advisers who have an unparalleled understanding of the regulators’ expectations and are...
Luxembourg
expertise
Reputation & Defamation
Reputation is one of the most valuable assets a person or organisation can have. When this is under threat, it is important to defend it quickly and fervently. The Defamation Act 2013 is designed to create...
United Kingdom
expertise
Retail
CMS is one of the few firms to join the dots across each element of the retail value chain – from the factory all the way to the shop floor (or the customer’s front door). We support retailers on...
United Kingdom
expertise
Risk & Investigations
Our specialist teams advise on compliance, investigations and claims, from the development and improvement of compliance controls and systems, including embedding those procedures into the corporate culture...
United Kingdom
expertise
Structured financing
From globalisation and market sophistication to fiercer competition at a domestic and international level, greater regulatory pressure and increasing legislation – the environment and market for structured...
France
expertise
Tax
Tax behaviour is now a major feature of corporate reputation with instant communication putting intense pressure on international companies to publish information on how they meet their tax obligations...
Portugal
expertise
Tax
As local and international tax regulations become more prescriptive, dealing with them in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge. The number and complexity of tax investigations...
Luxembourg
expertise
Tax
Our teams of specialists in all areas of tax provide both corporates and individuals with their unanimously recognized expertise, know-how and ability to innovate and plan ahead. In all business sectors...
France
expertise
Tax
As local and international tax regulations become more prescriptive, dealing with them in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge. The number and complexity of tax investigations...
Belgium
expertise
Tax
Businesses deal with national and international tax issues on a daily basis, against an increasingly complex legal background. Complex economic and legal issues require timely and effective professional...
Italy
expertise
Tax
Providing comprehensive advice on national and international tax issues is one of CMS's core competencies. Our excellently networked tax team combines broad expertise with specialisations and many years...
Germany
expertise
Tax
Tax
Compliance with the ever-stricter tax regulations in Austria and abroad is becoming more challenging, especially in a cross-border field of activity.  Our approximately 350 lawyers also include experienced...
Austria
Tax
expertise
Tax
Tax
As local and international regulations become more prescriptive and enforcement gathers pace, dealing with the evolving tax landscape in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge...
Bulgaria
Tax
expertise
Tax
Tax
As local and international regulations become more prescriptive and enforcement gathers pace, dealing with the evolving tax landscape in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge...
Slovakia
Tax
expertise
Tax
In today’s globalised environment, tax regulation is becoming more and more complex from both a domestic and international perspective, especially when considering the continuous amendments being made...
Spain
expertise
Tax
As local and international regulations become more prescriptive and enforcement gathers pace, dealing with the evolving tax landscape in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge...
Hungary
expertise
Tax
As local and international tax rules become more prescriptive, and compliance and reporting obligations more onerous, dealing with them effectively is a significant challenge. Our UK-based tax team is...
United Kingdom
expertise
Tax
As local and international regulations become more prescriptive and enforcement gathers pace, dealing with the evolving tax landscape in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge...
Poland
expertise
Tax
As local and international tax regulations become more prescriptive, dealing with them in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge. The number and complexity of tax investigations...
Netherlands
expertise
Tax
As local and international regulations become more prescriptive and enforcement gathers pace, dealing with the evolving tax landscape in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge...
Czech Republic
expertise
Tax
As local and international regulations become more prescriptive and enforcement gathers pace, dealing with the evolving tax landscape in a cross-border context presents you with a significant challenge...
Romania
expertise
Trade Law and Sanctions
In an increasingly challenging international business world, our inter-disciplinary team helps companies to remain compliant and keep supply chains moving. With sanctions regimes often lacking clear guidance...
United Kingdom
expertise
Transactional
Our team has a wide experience in a large number of lending transactions. We have acted as counsel to foreign and domestic banks and companies in (re) structuring, negotiating and drafting various types...
Luxembourg
expertise
Transfer Pricing
As an organisation with global operations, you may be benefiting from strong growth in cross-border transactions. You are also subject to tighter regulations, complex multi-jurisdictional tax investigations...
United Kingdom
expertise
Transfer Pricing
Our tax experts have extensive experience in dealing with the tax authorities of many countries in transfer pricing cases and in successfully bringing such cases to a positive conclusion. This practical...
Italy
expertise
Transfer pricing and business and asset valuation
Transfer pricing and business and asset valuation are key challenges for taxation. The multi-sector experience of our team of economists and tax specialists will provide solutions that are perfectly matched...
France
expertise
VAT
Our tax consultants support clients regarding the VAT regime applicable to:national and international transactionsimport and export transactionsIn addition, we assist clients in the drafting of national...
Italy
expertise

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