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05/02/2024
CMS strengthens its teams in Vienna and CEE with another round of partner...
Press release - 5 February 2024
28/11/2023
CMS launches International Digital Regulation Hub providing a clear roadmap...
All businesses should be prepared to grasp the opportunities in digital regulation 
04/10/2023
ESG as the new imperative in real estate
Environmental, social, and ethical criteria will define the future of Austria’s real estate sector
22/05/2023
Europe-wide analysis on the fifth anniversary of the GDPR reveals data...
European data protection authorities imposed fines totalling over 2.7 billion euros in more than 1,500 publicly known cases for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation, which has been in...
02/02/2022
CMS strengthens its leadership team in CEE
Nedeljko Velisavljević promoted to CEE Partner
01/02/2022
Mia Kalajdžić and Saša Sodja promoted to partner; Irena Šik Bukovnik promoted...
Effective immediately, CMS Croatia and CMS Slovenia are each promoting one senior associate to partner, and CMS Slovenia is also promoting one to counsel. Mia Kalajdžić, formerly senior associate in the employment as well as the real estate and construction teams in Croatia, will now head the Croatian Employment Practice Area Group. Saša Sodja, formerly senior associate in the corporate and M&A team in Slovenia, will now head the Slovenian Corporate and M&A Practice. Irena Šik Bukovnik from Slovenia has been promoted to counsel and will continue to focus on banking and finance and restructuring matters. Mia Kalajdžić has close to a total of 10 years’ experience and six years of post-qual­i­fic­a­tion experience, mostly in employment law matters, advising international groups and companies on the full scope of employment and labour matters, whether they arise from daily work or from transactional and restructuring matters. Mia’s assistance to the management board members and HR departments is often strategic, including high level of implementational and operational support. CMS Croatia is Mia’s first law firm. Saša Sodja is a legal professional with more than 15 years of hands-on experience advising international and local clients in the legal sector. She has played an active role in most of the local and cross-border capital market transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions engagements handled by the Slovenian team. Saša provides all-round support and advice to clients from various industries all the way from organising and managing an M&A deal team to post-merger integrations. On top of regular legal engagements, Saša is also involved in activities that are shaping the future development of our firm such as sustainable business, a mentorship programme and last but not least di­git­al­isa­tion. CMS Slovenia has also promoted Irena Šik Bukovnik to the position of counsel for the firm in its Banking & Finance practice. Irena is a long-serving lawyer with CMS. She has more than 10 years of working experience in the legal branch, is a holder of an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law and is a member of the New York State Bar. Irena has expertise in banking & finance, insolvency & restructuring. Commenting on the appointments, Gregor Famira, Managing Partner of both CMS Croatia and CMS Slovenia, said: “With these promotions we are acknowledging high motivation, exemplary know-how, team spirit, innovative mindsets and a client-focused approach—the qualities CMS is looking for in their future leaders. Congratulations to all three of them.”Mia Kalajdžić commented: “I see my promotion to the position of partner as an honour and a responsibility, both towards our clients and my CMS team. I very much look forward to my future path in the firm and am excited about the challenges ahead.”Saša Sodja said: “I see my appointment as partner not just as an honour but also as recognition that I have the trust both of my team as well as my superiors and the wider CMS network. I'm ready for the future: I expect to see changes in the way law firms operate and, having become a partner, I am delighted that I will be able to play an even greater part in this.”
11/01/2022
CMS appoints Chief Marketing Officer
Frankfurt, 11 January 2022
29/07/2021
New Executive Director for CMS
Frankfurt, 29 July 2021
16/07/2021
Astrid Valek has taken over the management of both Business Development...
Since spring 2021, CMS Austria has been presenting itself under the motto Future Facing as part of a new global CMS strategy. Astrid Valek, who joins CMS Austria in a dual leadership position, will play...
07/06/2021
Esther Brandner-Richter entrusted with CMS human resources management for...
As an international commercial law firm, CMS provides comprehensive advice and accordingly also supports clients in all future issues. Esther Brandner-Richter recently took over as Head of Human Resources...
26/04/2021
CMS named CEE Law Firm of the Year at Chambers Europe Awards 2021
International law firm CMS has been named CEE Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Europe Awards, where CMS has once again been recognised as the leading law firm in Central and Eastern Europe. The Chambers...
15/07/2020
CMS announces global revenues of EUR 1.426bn
Significant investments include Lupl, an open industry platform, which has the potential to transform the collaboration between law firms and legal departments, and expanding the firm's footprint in AfricaRanked...