CMS Germany

With more than 600 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 4,800 lawyers and tax advisors in more than 70 offices worldwide.

Recent Firm News & Legal Updates

Legal Update

This article highlights the specific features and advantages of trademark protection for blockchain and crypto projects, both for application in physical and immersive virtual reality environments (in particular, the metaverse).

Legal Update

After numerous delays, the electronic certificate of incapacity for work is scheduled for introduction on January 1, 2023. What do employers in Germany need to consider?

Legal Update

Under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR), national competition authorities can request a referral to the Commission of any merger that does not meet the EUMR but affects trade between member states and significantly threatens to affect competition in the territory of the member state.

Firm Offices in Member Jurisdiction

Germany

Berlin
Cologne
Düsseldorf
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Leipzig
Munich
Stuttgart

Firm Offices in Other Jurisdictions

Europe

Belgium, Brussels

Asia-Pacific

China, Shanghai

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All Firm Contacts Committees
Marketing & Business Development Professionals Forum
Marketing & Business Development Professionals Forum
Responsible Business Forum
Responsible Business Forum
Business Development Committee
Business Development Committee
First Fifteen (Young Lawyers)
First Fifteen (Young Lawyers)
Women of WLG (WOW)
Women of WLG (WOW)
Practice Groups
Compliance & Investigations
Compliance & Investigations
International Tax & Private Wealth
International Tax & Private Wealth
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Restructuring & Insolvency Resolution
Restructuring & Insolvency Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships
Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Other Firm Members
Annemarie Mauthner Annemarie.Mauthner@cms-hs.com
Inka Mueller-Seubert inka.mueller-seubert@cms-hs.com
Anastasia Papadelli anastasia.papadelli@cms-hs.com
Antje-Kathrin Uhl Kathrin.Uhl@cms-hs.com
Kuno von Gizycki kuno.vongizycki@cms-hs.com