CMS

CMS Amsterdam
Managing Partner: Erik Vorst
Number of partners: 34

Firm Overview
CMS is a leading and long-standing law firm in the Netherlands with 170 lawyers, civil-law notaries and tax advisers. The firm combines expert knowledge and experience with innovation and creativity to ensure clients achieve and secure their business goals. Its specialists form a full-service practice for national and international businesses such as Fortune 500 companies, FT European 500 companies and organisations from the DAX 30. With the same drive, CMS helps clients turn their start-ups into game changers. The future and technological innovation play a major role for clients and therefore also for the firm. CMS is closely involved in the global energy transition, the regulation of cryptocurrencies and developments around privacy and cybersecurity, alternative food sources and innovations in healthcare through the use of big data.

Main Areas of Practice
• Administrative Law
• Banking & Finance
• Commercial
• Antitrust, Competition and Trade
• Consumer Products
• Corporate/M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment & Pensions
• Energy & Climate Change
• ESG – Environmental, Social & Governance
• Funds
• Hotels & Leisure
• Infrastructure & Projects
• Insolvency & Restructuring
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Life Sciences & Healthcare
• Mobility
• Public Procurement
• Real Estate & Construction
• Tax
• TMC – Technology, Media & Communications

International Work:
CMS is a future facing law firm that provides comprehensive legal and tax solutions. With 81 offices in over 45 countries and more than 5,800 lawyers, CMS lawyers combine deep local market understanding with a global overview. CMS works with a diverse range of clients, from large corporations and mid-sized businesses to innovative start-ups, helping them navigate the challenges and opportunities in their markets. For information on recent work, member firms, publications and full contact details please visit: CMS.law.

CMS Offices (& Associated Offices):
Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Beijing, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Bogotá, Bratislava, Brisbane, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Casablanca, Cologne, Cúcuta, Dubai, Dublin, Duesseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Funchal, Geneva, Glasgow, Göteborg, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kyiv, Leipzig, Lima, Linz, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London, Luanda, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Maputo, Mexico City, Milan, Mombasa, Monaco, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, Oslo, Paris, Podgorica, Poznan, Prague, Reading, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh, Rome, Santiago de Chile, Sarajevo, São Paulo, Shanghai, Sheffield, Singapore, Skopje, Sofia, Stavanger, Strasbourg, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb and Zurich.