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12/10/2023
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz receives the Woman in Law Award 2023 for best Law...
12 October 2023 We are delighted to receive the Women in Law Award for Best Law Firm 2023, which confirms our ongoing commitment to diversity and equality in the legal industry. Our efforts to promote gender diversity, create a fair and inclusive working environment, and support initiatives such as the Ladies League have enriched our culture. Our CMS Diversity and Inclusion charter as well as our internal initiatives reflect our passion to promote women and diversity and to create an inclusive legal industry. We are grateful for this recognition and look forward to a future that is even more diverse, inclusive and sus­tain­able.    Spe­cial thanks to Future-Law, Women in Law Austria and the Association of Austrian Corporate Lawyers - VUJ for the award and to our Ladies League team: Denisa Brighton, Daniela Karollus-Bruner, Daniela Krömer, Jelena Nushol Fijačko, Andrea Potz, Maria Orlyk, Nedzida Sa­li­hovic-Whalen, Gabriela Staber, Marija Tesic and Döne Yalçın.
20/05/2022
CMS Competition team from CEE made their mark at the international competition...
The team of six competition lawyers from CEE shared the experience from their respective countries on the topic of exchange of sensitive information
25/02/2022
CMS participates in the Balkan Green Energy News Conference on the Changing...
The conference "Serbian Companies on the Changing Power Market" organised by Balkan Green Energy News gathered together numerous players in the renewable energy market. An industry meeting of regional importance On 22 February 2022, leading electricity market experts from Serbia and abroad met in Belgrade to discuss key issues in the Serbian energy sector. The topics were relevant for the entire region. The experts provided insights into both the way the Serbian electricity market would likely develop in the coming years and the opportunities available to various market participants. The conference offered an analysis of the most important challenges facing companies in the course of the energy transition. CMS also relies on innovative advisory products to help its clients benefit from the energy transition. The conference was opened by Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlović and Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Artur Lorkowski. CMS was a sponsor and participant of this crucial event for the energy sector and was delighted to be represented onsite by its lawyers Ivan Gazdić, partner CMS Serbia, Georg Gutfleisch, lawyer CMS Austria, and Tamara Kosi, lawyer CMS Slovenia, and Maja Živanović, Business Development Country Head, CMS Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.  One step ahead in the energy crisis The 2021 energy crisis has continued into 2022 causing unprecedented increases in electricity prices across Europe. The Serbian government has put up a rescue parachute for companies and capped the electricity price at EUR 75 per MWh for the period until June 2022. However, it remains to be seen how electricity prices will develop in the medium and long term. In the coming years, the Serbian electricity market will – like the entire region – be affected by other important changes too: decarbonisation and the need to align its business with the Green Agenda; the projected growth in solar and wind capacity; the increasing attractiveness of customers producing their own energy onsite; and the carbon cap tax on exports to the EU. The conclusion was: “The event ‘Serbian Companies on the Changing Power Market’ provided an excellent opportunity for the exchange of information and ideas that are urgently needed to better understand trends in the power market and to remain competitive". The CMS Energy and Climate Change Sector Group provides leading advice products on all aspects of innovative energy, climate change and ESG.
22/03/2021
CMS made it to the Arbitration Powerlist 2021 of Legal500
The Arbitration Powerlist: Central and Eastern Europe showcases the leading practitioners working in a broad sweep of countries, stretching from Austria and Poland to the Baltic Nations and down to Serbia...
04/05/2020
Working regimes of competition authorities in western Balkan countries...
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many countries have instituted extraordinary mandatory measures to prevent further spreading of COVID-19, such as restriction of movement and public gatherings, closure...
14/04/2020
A global overview of coronavirus (COVID-19) related moratorium on corporate...
The global overview of Coronavirus (COVID-19) related moratoriums on corporate and retail loans is being regularly updated on our CMS Expert Guide pages – please follow the link below for the latest...
27/03/2020
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the functioning of court systems in...
Governments and public authorities are taking further measures in order to slow down the spreading of COVID-19. The measures, of course, also affect civil (incl. insolvency), criminal and ad­min­is­trat­ive...
19/03/2020
Salaries, Remunerations and Compensations in light of the Coronavirus outbreak
Times like this, when we are faced with exceptional circumstances due to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, call for extraordinary measures, and  Slovenia is no exception to this. In the current situation we would...
04/02/2019
CMS Dawn Raid Assistant app
CMS has launched a free mobile application that provides guidance for competition-law dawn raids in 27 countries. Dawn raids are becoming more common these days, with authorities imposing huge fines...
10/10/2016
CMS, Nabarro and Olswang combine to create 6th largest law firm in the...
The Partners of CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to combine their firms and create a new City powerhouse that will become the world’s sixth largest law firm...
10/06/2016
CMS remains on growth path: 8.4 % increase in revenue to EUR 1.01bn in...
Frankfurt, 10 June 2016. CMS, the top 10 international law firm, today announces its financial results for 2015. Total annual revenues of EUR 1.01bn compared with 2014 revenues of EUR 934.5m, a year-on-year...
26/04/2016
CMS named Law Firm of the Year 2016 in CEE
CMS has been named CEE Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2016The award reflects CMS’s leading position in Central Eastern Europe, the scale of its activity and the high...