CMS Cameron McKenna places great emphasis on client service, with clients benefiting from an extensive range of tailored services, delivered through offices in the UK, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and beyond.
The firm: CMS Cameron McKenna aims to be recognised as the best European provider of legal and tax services. Clients say that what makes CMS special is a combination of three things: strong, trusted client relationships; high-quality advice; and industry specialisation. Member firms combine deep local knowledge and the most extensive European presence with cross-border consistency and co-ordination. CMS has a common culture and a shared heritage that makes it distinctively European. CMS operates in 29 jurisdictions, with 54 offices in western and central Europe and beyond. CMS was established in 1999 and today comprises nine member firms, employing over 2,800 lawyers. CMS is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Addresses and full contact details for each office can be found online at www.cmslegal.com. CMS member firms are: CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni (Italy); CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo SLP (Spain); CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre (France); CMS Cameron McKenna LLP (UK); CMS DeBacker (Belgium); CMS Derks Star Busmann (Netherlands); CMS von Erlach Henrici Ltd (Switzerland); CMS Hasche Sigle (Germany); and CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH (Austria).
Types of work undertaken: CMS firms place great emphasis on three important areas of client service.
Extensive client feedback: clients want advice to be delivered clearly and concisely, and in a manner that matches their needs. The firm has an extremely comprehensive feedback programme to ensure that clients are being kept happy.
Sector group focus: CMS Cameron McKenna’s sector approach provides clients with an industry-specific service and deep sector expertise. Working alongside its traditional practice group structure, sector groups enable the firm to build teams taking an industry, rather than a purely legal, perspective – something the firm’s clients value highly. CMS Cameron McKenna believes it enables the firm to offer more proactive and tailored advice, and is a benefit that few law firms offer.
Staying ahead of the game: CMS Cameron McKenna’s expertise has been recognised through a number of recent awards. These include: Yurydicheskaya Praktyka: Legal Awards 2011 ‘Best International Law Firm in Ukraine’ (2011); Legal Business Awards ‘Regulatory Team of the Year’ (2011); MPF European Practice Management Awards ‘Client Service Award’ (2010); LawCareers.net Training and Recruitment Awards ‘Best Recruiter’ (2010); Yurydicheskaya Praktyka: Legal Awards 2011 ‘Best International Law Firm in Ukraine’ (2010); unquote” CEE Private Equity Awards ‘CEE Law Firm of the Year’ (2010); CEE Private Equity Awards 2010 ‘CEE Law Firm of the Year’; PLC Which Lawyer ‘CEE Law Firm of the Year’ (2010); The Lawyer HR Awards ‘Most Innovative Recruitment Initiative’ (2010); Legal Business Awards ‘TMT Team of the Year’ (2010).
The firm has a strong sector focus, operating in the following sector groups: construction and development, consumer products, energy and utilities, financial institutions and services (FIS), hotel and leisure, infrastructure and project finance, life sciences, and technology, media and telecoms.
CMS offices and associated offices: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Zurich, Aberdeen, Algiers, Antwerp, Beijing, Belgrade, Bratislava, Bristol, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Cologne, Dresden, Duesseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kyiv, Leipzig, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Lyon, Marbella, Milan, Montevideo, Moscow, Munich, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Sarajevo, Seville, Shanghai, Sofia, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Tirana, Utrecht, Warsaw and Zagreb.
Number of UK partners 144
Number of other UK fee-earners 522
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