People

Stefan Brunnschweiler
Stefan Brunnschweiler, LL.M.
Managing Partner
Switzerland, Zurich
Stefan Brunnschweiler is the managing partner of CMS Switzerland and heads the CMS Corporate/M&A Practice Area Group Switzerland. He was named one of the top 10 lawyers in Switzerland in the edition of...
Nick Beckett
Nick Beckett
Managing Partner
Managing Partner, Beijing and Hong Kong Offices, Head of Asia-Pacific IP and Life Sciences & Healthcare
Hong Kong
China, Beijing
United Kingdom, London
Nick Beckett is the Managing Partner of the Beijing and Hong Kong Offices and the Head of Asia-Pacific IP and Life Sciences & Healthcare. Nick manages a team of dedicated sector specialists covering Life...
Kristy Duane
Kristy Duane
Partner
Co-Head of the CMS Infrastructure & Projects Group
United Kingdom, London
Kristy is a partner and Co-Head of the firm's infrastructure sector group. She advises a wide range of infrastructure clients on their corporate transactions. She has a particular interest and extensive...

Expertise

Hotels & Leisure
As an owner, investor, lender or operator in the hotels and leisure sector, you encounter complex business issues that require expert solutions. In addition to managing real estate assets, your issues...
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Life Sciences & Healthcare
With more than 480 lawyers, patent attorneys, scientists and academics’ across CMS and the support of the Life Sciences Asia-Pacific Network (LAN), we understand the scientific and commercial as well...
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expertise
Public Procurement
The quality of public services is increasingly determined by skilled public procurement management of real estate developments, joint ventures, restructuring or sale programmes. As a contracting authority...
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expertise

Locations

Tel Aviv
CMS Israel LLP
34th Floor, North Tower Ha’arba’a Towers
28 Ha’arba’a Street
Tel Aviv
Israel
Having served Israeli clients and international businesses with operations or investments in the country for over 25 years, CMS formalised its Israeli offering by opening a Tel Aviv office in 2021. Our...
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Brisbane
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Australia
95 North Quay Office 12.02
QLD 4000 Brisbane
Australia
Having served Australian clients and international businesses with operations or investments in the country and internationally for many years, CMS formalised its Australian offering by opening a Brisbane...
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Riyadh
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Lawyers and Legal Consultants
Intersection King Khalid with Oruba Road No. 13
12329 Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
CMS has been a key legal player in Saudi Arabia since 2004, extending our services to the wider Middle East, including the UAE, Oman, and Turkey. In line with Vision 2030, our Riyadh office offers legal...
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Innovation

Know-how Protection
Here is why know-how protection is becoming increasingly important: Click here to go right to the Online Stress Test There are new risks around know-how protection As the business world becomes ever more...
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CMS Law-Now
Subscribe to Law-Now hereCMS Law-Now delivers comprehensive legal commentary, analysis, online resources and email subscription service providing updates on the latest legal issues affecting clients business...
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Webinars
We stay on top of the news agenda, regulatory discussions and new legislation in the industries we serve and the countries we work in and we share these insights with you via regular webinars. On a CMS...
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Careers

Working for CMS
Welcome to our world At CMS we strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours.  That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’...
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Your Application
Our application process at CMS varies from country to country. We do this to ensure that specific qualifications for a position as well as local market needs are fully taken into consideration. However...
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International Mobility
An opportunity to work abroad at a CMS member firm Employees may work abroad for a period of six months in one of the other firms. These secondments apply to lawyers who have practised for at least three...
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About CMS

Corporate Video
In our work, we combine deep local market understanding with a global overview to help you shape your business’s future. Our lawyers are experts in their fields, who think ahead to anticipate likely...
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About Us
CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 80+ offices in more than 40 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep local market understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only...
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Awards & Rankings
We are in business to help your business. So we are proud to accept market recognition for our performance as a welcome indicator that we are succeeding in our efforts to provide you with the highest...
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News

CMS signs global partnership with leading legal GenAI vendor Harvey
27/03/2024 International law firm CMS has entered into a global partnership with Harvey, one of the world’s leading generative AI (GenAI) platforms. This partnership puts CMS, operating in 47 countries, at the...
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Artificial Intelligence
Swedish law firm Wistrand successfully integrated into CMS
18/03/2024 Today, following an onboarding period, the top-ten Swedish law firm Wistrand formally becomes CMS Wistrand. In November 2023, CMS first announced that it would be expanding into Sweden, strengthening...
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CMS Appoints Seven New Practice and Sector Group Heads
08/01/2024 CMS is pleased to announce the new heads for five of its international expertise groups. All CMS lawyers work in cross-border groups in 76 cities across 45 countries that are structured according to the...
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Life Sciences & Healthcare

Publications

CMS Expert Guide to cannabis law and legislation
27/03/2024 Why this guide? In recent years cannabis trade and related activity has developed into a growth business area. In the life sciences and healthcare fields, there have been increases in the numbers of patients...
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Life Sciences & Healthcare
Expert Guide
Comparable
CMS Expert Guide to plastics and packaging laws
Comparable
27/03/2024 Plastics and packaging have attracted  consumer, media and legislative interest over recent years with an array of laws being proposed to incentivise behavioural and design change. Significant reforms...
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Consumer Products
Expert Guide
Legal modernization and financial instruments: Bulgaria takes steps to introduce a close-out netting regime
Several proposed amendments to Bulgaria's financial laws are poised to significantly enhance the country's financial infrastructure and legal framework. Foremost among these amendments is the Draft Law...
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Insight

Insight
You expect law firms today to address current topics such as artificial intelligence or Brexit, which affect you and to provide you with advice to help meet new legal challenges. At CMS, we monitor the...
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Insight
Brexit
As Europe's largest law firm, CMS can help you assess the risks and opportunities resulting from Brexit, and give you the legal tools and insights to manage them successfully. Since 2016, we have been...
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Insight
GDPR
The EU General Data Protection Regulation came into force on 25 May 2018 and introduced some of the most strict data protection laws in the world. The CMS data protection team offers clients legal advice...
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Events

08
May
2024 Insurance sector webinar programme
08/05/2024
Notwithstanding the extraordinary times we’ve all been operating in, the insurance sector continues to deal with fast-paced changes. Insurance companies should keep up with changing regulations and...
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Insurance
Webinar
08
May
2024 World Technology Law Conference in Washington
08/05/2024
CMS lawyers are pleased to be attending the ITechLaw World Technology Law Conference 2024 held in Washington on 8-10 May. Below you can find an overview of our attending partners, representing a large...
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Banking & Finance
Participating Events
16
Apr
Cross-border Financial Services 2024 webinar series
16/04/2024
We're delighted to announce the launch of our third season of international webinars focusing on financial regulation, starting on 13 March 2024. Whether you are an in-house lawyer, compliance officer...
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Banking & Finance
Webinar