
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Working with CMS was an absolute pleasure, and we appreciated how they made everything incredibly straightforward. We always felt like we were in safe hands.'
‘Bruce Harvie and Corrin Miller went above and beyond and it felt like they were truly invested in our journey. Their responsiveness, expertise, and commitment to our success made all the difference. Their ability to communicate complex legal matters in a clear and approachable way was particularly valuable to us.'
‘Helen Gillies stood out. Helen relates well to business owners. She led a very focused team that delivered on timescales.'
‘CMS' regional team in Scotland are a great balance of talented individuals, with attention to detail that provide an extremely high quality service from their regional offices.'
- 'CMS have a "client's eye view" on all the advice they give - providing both the legal implications but also the commercial view we crave when trying to advise our clients properly. When combined with their amenable nature, their pricing and their quality, they have established themselves as a go-to law firm for complex work.'
- 'In my view, what makes CMS regionally unique is that they are a genuine all rounder who are competitive on quality, resourcing, knowledge and approachability.'
‘Kate Darracott is an exceptional partner with a unique grasp of both US Securities Law and the UK corporate market. She is brilliant at helping navigate us through complex US legislation while maintaining a commercial eye on what we needed to achieve from a UK perspective, providing us with several options and also very clear advice. She is very user friendly, and one of the the best US Securities lawyers I have worked with.
- 'Kate Darracott was readily available and went above and beyond to explore various methods to solve our issues as they arose with very tight timelines.’
Key clients
- Sulmara
- Management and Sellers of Condatis Group
- Business Growth Fund
- Reactive
- Waracle Limited
- ERG S.p.A
- Cicor Technologies
- Nuveen
- EV Finco Limited
- Packaging with Robots
- Todd & Duncan Limited and Zhejiang Xinao Textiles Inc
- J&D Wilkie Limited
- Scottish Water
- Boluda Towage UK Limited
- Towers Watson Investment Management Limited
- Zeus Capital Limited
- Allenby Capital Limited
- Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust Plc
- CT Private Equity Trust Plc
- Analysys Mason
Work highlights
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Jack Letson
Other key lawyers
Helen Gillies; Bruce Harvie; Kate Darracott; Robbie Somerville; Callum Swanson; Corrin Miller




