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As a sponsor, lender or public sector organisation, you require legal advisors who can help you succeed in complex infrastructure and project financing transactions. Whether you are involved in public works programmes or private sector financing in the areas of transport, health, education, waste, energy, defence, IT/telecoms, leisure, custodial & justice, ports, rail, roads or water, you can depend on the leading lawyers in major infrastructure projects and related project financing throughout the world.

In Central and Eastern Europe, CMS has valuable experience of the successful procurement and implementation of infrastructure projects, including providing key advice on procurement, project documents and financing strategy.

Romania continues to face growing pressure to expand and upgrade public and social infrastructure, and there are some significant infrastructure development projects planned for the coming years. Working with the CMS Romania team gives you access to on-the-ground knowledge of and insight into projects, opportunities and the evolving legislative landscape in Romania, as well as critical international expertise in and practical experience of project finance, PPP and the global infrastructure markets.

The lawyers here go straight to the point, offer excellent solutions and always know what needs to be done.
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We have delivered deals in a range of sectors with a combined value of many billions of euros, advising on public private partnerships, energy and renewables projects, including the largest offshore wind farms in Europe, infrastructure and utilities investments and a range of other development and corporate finance transactions. If you are an investor selling or buying an interest in a concession, a utility business or a PPP deal, you need expert guidance through the complex bidding process.

Our lawyers have helped shape transactions across these sectors, ensuring quick deal completions on terms that optimise your returns. And if you are facing a potential dispute, we have the experts to support you through dispute resolution procedures or litigation action. Whatever your situation, we have the track record and the people to help. With over 200 lawyers working in this sector, we can support your transaction in virtually any part of the world including the UK, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Middle East, Turkiye, India, Africa, Asia and the Americas.


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12/05/2023
Con­sulta­tion on the EU’s in­ter­im emis­sions re­duc­tion tar­get for 2040
Un­til 24 June 2023 the European Com­mis­sion is con­sult­ing to gath­er views on the EU’s cli­mate tar­get for 2040.Since the Com­mu­nic­a­tion of the European Green Deal in late 2019, there have been a raft of...
10/05/2023
At last: in­valid­ity and re­voc­a­tion ac­tions now avail­able be­fore TM of­fices...
One of the most sig­ni­fic­ant in­nov­a­tions in­tro­duced by the EU Trade Mark Dir­ect­ive 2015/2436 (the so-called trade mark re­form pack­age) was the re­quire­ment for all EU coun­tries to im­ple­ment – where not...
04/04/2023
European Com­mis­sion amends Art­icle 102 TFEU guid­ance pa­per and an­nounces...
In 2008, the Com­mis­sion ad­op­ted its Guid­ance on the Com­mis­sion`s en­force­ment pri­or­it­ies in ap­ply­ing Art­icle 82 of the EC Treaty (now Art­icle 102 TFEU) to ab­us­ive ex­clu­sion­ary con­duct by dom­in­ant un­der­tak­ings...
03/04/2023
Rig­or­ous European le­gis­la­tion bring­ing clar­ity on prop­er green com­mu­nic­a­tion
En­vir­on­ment­al aware­ness and sus­tain­ab­il­ity have been sub­jects of in­tense dis­cus­sions since they are of grow­ing im­port­ance to in­di­vidu­als in their daily de­cisions. Be­cause this di­men­sion of eco­nom­ic com­pet­i­tion...
31/03/2023
CMS Ex­pert guide on Right Bid­ding vs Bid Rig­ging
Pub­lic pro­cure­ment rules and their strict ob­serv­ance is of key im­port­ance to en­sure good qual­ity products and ser­vices to cit­izens on the best pos­sible fin­an­cial and ser­vice de­liv­ery terms. An ef­fi­cient...
28/03/2023
European Par­lia­ment and Coun­cil ready to start ne­go­ti­ations on EU Data...
In Feb­ru­ary 2022 the European Com­mis­sion presen­ted its pro­pos­al for the EU Data Act, which – if ad­op­ted - will in­tro­duce a far-reach­ing leg­al re­gime on ac­cess to and use of non-per­son­al data in the...
20/03/2023
Out with the old, in with the new? Con­sid­er­a­tions for pat­entees in opt­ing...
So far in this series of blog posts, we began with an art­icle that high­lighted some of the key changes between the cur­rent European sys­tem of pat­ent pro­sec­u­tion and en­force­ment and the new Unit­ary Pat­ent...
16/03/2023
Mer­ger con­trol re­view be­low fil­ing thresholds – the ECJ Tower­cast judg­ment...
On 16 March 2023, the ECJ de­cided that a M&A trans­ac­tion, which was not sub­ject to ex-ante EU mer­ger con­trol, can be re­viewed – from an ex post per­spect­ive – as to wheth­er the ac­quirer (through the...
13/03/2023
Get­ting Brexit Done? The UK Re­tained EU Law and what it means for UK com­pan­ies
If the Re­tained EU Law (Re­voc­a­tion and Re­form) Bill is passed in its cur­rent form, nearly 50 years of EU-de­rived rules and reg­u­la­tions that had be­come part of the fab­ric of UK law across a wide range...
09/03/2023
Se­cur­ity for costs in en­force­ment pro­ceed­ings in Ger­many – The Ger­man Fed­er­al...
Pur­su­ant to Sec. 110 of the Ger­man Civil Pro­ced­ure Code (ZPO), claimants who do not have their ha­bitu­al place of res­id­ence in a mem­ber state of the EU/the EEA can be ordered to provide se­cur­ity for the...
09/03/2023
CMS Ex­pert Guide to ESG Com­pens­a­tion
In­cor­por­at­ing ESG KPIs in­to dir­ect­ors’ re­mu­ner­a­tionThe ur­gent need to place sus­tain­ab­il­ity at the heart of com­pany strategy is in­ex­tric­ably linked to in­cent­ives provided to its dir­ect­ors and em­ploy­ees. This...
08/03/2023
Out with the old, in with the new? Pro­ced­ur­al fea­tures of the Uni­fied Pat­ent...
In our pre­vi­ous art­icle, we looked at the cur­rent European sys­tem of pat­ent pro­sec­u­tion and en­force­ment and high­lighted some of the key changes that will be com­ing with the new Unit­ary Pat­ent and Uni­fied...