CMS Germany

With more than 700 lawyers and tax advisors, CMS is one of Germany’s leading commercial law firms.In addition to their technical expertise, our lawyers and tax advisors have an in-depth understanding of the commercial and market-specific features of the regions and sectors in which our clients operate. We support clients wherever external specialist knowledge is required or additional capacity is needed to provide a company with legal certainty in its day-to-day operations or bring a specific project to a successful conclusion. In doing so, we aim to ensure a collaborative relationship be-tween client and legal advisor at all times.CMS advises SMEs and major corporations throughout Germany on all aspects of national and international commercial law. Our strong teams of experienced specialists from a wide range of legal fields make us a partner you can rely on. We are one of the few commercial law firms to possess expertise in all areas relevant to business enterprises, the public sector and private clients. Companies are increasingly seeing digital transformation as an opportunity and reinventing their processes for the digital age. As an innovative partner with strong digital understanding, CMS is ideally placed to assist and support you with key issues around the digital economy and its legal implications.Across Germany, CMS has deep roots in eight major business locations. It also has close relationships with the other law firms in the CMS network going back many years. Our knowledge and experience are supported by more than 5,800 lawyers and tax advisors in more than 75 offices worldwide.

Recent Firm News & Legal Updates

Thought Leadership

AI, Accountability, and Safe Data Practices: What’s Taking Shape Across EMEA

November 17, 2025

The WLG Privacy & Data Protection Group convened in October for an EMEA-focused discussion centered on three fast-moving areas: immaterial damage claims under the GDPR, Microsoft’s contractual and technical data protection regime, and how AI models can be trained lawfully under European privacy law. The session offered a clear view of how...

Member Voices: Franziska Fuchs

November 14, 2025

Franziska Fuchs WLG | exchange Intern CMS Germany → Interned at MinterEllison (Australia) Franziska's story... During Franziska Fuchs ' WLG | exchange secondment at MinterEllison , she participated in a WLG Restructuring & Insolvency Group meeting. After her internship ended, she stopped in...

WLG Elects New Board of Directors

November 10, 2025

Washington, DC / Delegates who attended last week’s semi-annual member meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA, held elections for the next WLG President and Board of Directors.

Gunster, Faegre Drinker, MinterEllison, and CMS Germany Meet in Chicago

August 7, 2025

Jonathan Osborne of Gunster (Florida, USA) joined Faegre Drinker in Chicago for a firm lunch during which two WLG | exchange lawyers gave a presentation. In addition to meeting 15 of Faegre's Chicago lawyers, Jonathan had the opportunity to see the exchange program in action and connect with the two interns—Adrian Zarm of CMS...

Legal Updates Germany

CMS Space Law

June 20, 2025

CMS Space Law Patrick Schneider , Adrian Zarm and Jens Neitzel PRINT PAGE SEND PAGE The commercial use of space is booming and brings with it legal challenges. Learn all about the billion-dollar space industry in our blog series! Space is...

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