Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

Chambers Review

CMS is a solid choice for midmarket M&A deals and offers impressive experience when it comes to transactions in Africa. The firm has an extensive regional footprint, with offices in several key jurisdictions, including Kenya and South Africa. From an international perspective, partners based in London, Paris and Lisbon are well versed in handling acquisitions, divestments and related corporate structuring issues across the anglophone, francophone and lusophone regions of the continent. The team often acts for private equity clients and is consistently to be seen on energy and natural resources, financial services and technology transactions.

Key contacts include Hugo Coetzee in London, Pierre Marly in Paris and Alberto Galhardo Simões in Lisbon.