CMS EU Law Office

Managing Partner: Renaud Dupont
Number of partners: 23

Firm Overview:
CMS is a leading and long-standing law firm in Belgium with more than 100 lawyers working from two offices. 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 using big data.

Main Areas of Practice:
■ Administrative Law
■ Banking & Finance
■ Commercial
■ Competition & EU
■ 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

CMS:
Founded in 1999, with more than 70 offices in over 40 countries, CMS is one of the most global law firms. More than 5,000 legal professionals across the world work in sector-based teams and are trained in project management. CMS offers specialist, business-focused advice in law and tax matters to clients operating in complex business and constantly changing regulatory environments. CMS lawyers focus on their clients and on providing the best possible service. From major multinationals and mid-caps to enterprising start-ups, CMS provides the technical rigour, strategic excellence and long-term partnership to keep each client ahead whatever its chosen markets. CMS has chosen a single organisational structure that suits clients doing business in Europe. Each CMS office is tailored to its local market, ensuring that clients benefit from personal service and market sensitivities, while working together under a shared mission and governance structure.

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