About

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The largest real estate team in Europe

With almost 300 partners and over 600 lawyers across Europe, CMS has one of the largest real estate teams globally and the largest in Europe. Given our bench strength, we are able to take on deals of any size or complexity, including large pan-European portfolio deals. We act for over half of the top 100 European real estate investors. The further expansion in Norway and Sweden, as well as strengthening the local Real Estate teams in Poland, Spain, Portugal, and Slovakia,  means that CMS is well-positioned for keeping the leading place or real estate legal advisory firms.


A truly full-service offering

Very few law firms can support their clients across the full life cycle of an asset. We are able to deal with all aspects of real estate investment, finance, development, asset management and sale, with a depth of expertise across all asset types. As well as being pre-eminent in real estate, our teams in funds, tax, finance, construction, planning and real estate disputes are independently recognised as market-leading.


Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Europe-wide
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Band 1
What the team is known for

CMS has a particularly notable offering in the CEE region, primarily in Poland, and strong coverage across the wider continent with reputable offices in Spain, Germany, Switzerland and across the UK. The law firm represents owners, developers and investors in substantial transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, as well as real estate finance matters and development projects. It also assists with leases, real estate tax and construction. CMS has extensive expertise in the logistics, office, retail and leisure sectors.

Notable practitioners

London-based Marie Scott, Amsterdam-based Arnout Scholten and Berlin-based Andreas Otto head the firm's real estate group.

Strengths

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Members

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Aline Divo

Andreas Otto

Head of Department

Andrew Banton

Candice Blackwood

Caroline Maude

Chris Rae

David Wilkinson

Dietmar Zischg

Dominik Rafałko

Dunja Jandl

Femke Stroucken

Florence Cherel

Gregor Famira

Javier Colino

João Silva

Malgorzata Madej Balcerowska

Marco Casasole

Mark Heighton

Head of Department

Michal Hutan

Michal Miecinski

Philipp Schönnenbeck

Pierre-Axel Chabot

Pierre-Axel Chabot

Sidnie Morvan

Soňa Hanková

Stefan Gerster

Clients

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BNP Paribas, Catella, Panattoni, UBS, Union Investment

Industries

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Data Centres, Office, Logistics, Industrial, Senior Living, Healthcare, Social Infrastructure, Living, PRS, Student Housing,