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The CMS team has particular expertise in assisting clients with complex product liability and corporate disputes, including post-M&A and civil law proceedings. Plant construction and infrastructure projects represent another focal point for the practice, while it further deals with mass litigation and claim management cases. Here, practice co-head Thomas Lennarz is the key contact, while Nicolas Wiegand handles arbitration proceedings arising from major construction projects, joint ventures as well as the energy and technology sectors. The team also includes Peter Wende, who focuses on disputes arising from company acquisition agreements and other corporate conflicts.
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  • 'Deep legal understanding of the subject matter and at the same time always practical advice. The law firm is always available and discussions on individual points or the overall context are possible at any time.'
  • 'Despite the size of the firm, you never have the feeling of being just one client among many. Uncomplicated cooperation that meets the highest technical requirements of 2024.'
  • 'CMS achieves outstanding results through an excellent team that is very solution-oriented. CMS is always available and focused on achieving extremely efficient results for the company. In addition, legal analyses are always very precise.'
  • 'The firm was able to adapt to our needs with great flexibility. The firm is very efficiently organised.'
  • 'Flexibility, open-minded mindset, thinking outside the box.'
  • 'The CMS team is very well positioned, works in a very structured and goal-oriented manner and is of high professional quality. The lawyers are also able to break down the respective situation for non-lawyers and take them along with them.'

Key clients

  • Tesla
  • Dropbox
  • wilhelm.tel und 136 weitere Kabelnetzbetreiber
  • Stellantis N.V. / FCA Italy S.p.A / FIAT
  • Mercedes-Benz Group AG
  • Vodafone
  • NOVENTI Health SE
  • Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB)

Work highlights

Representation of Stellantis NV / FCA Italy SpA / FIAT & Mercedes-Benz as single lead advisor in several thousand individual lawsuits before German courts in connection with the so-called emissions lawsuits.
Representation of Vodafone GmbH against the Federal Association of Consumer Organisations in one of the first remedial actions in the Federal Republic. It challenges a price increase by Vodafone from 2023.

Lawyers

Practice head

Thomas Lennarz; Nicolas Wiegand

Other key lawyers

Claus Thiery; Peter Wende

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