CMS Derks Star Busmann has a strong international outlook. Together with eight leading firms, we form CMS. CMS is the organisation of independent European law and tax firms of choice for organisations based in, or looking to move into, Europe. CMS is one of the leading legal organisations around the world.
CMS provides a deep local understanding of legal, tax and business issues and delivers you client-focused services through a joint strategy executed locally across 28 jurisdictions with 56 offices in Western and Central Europe and beyond. We aim to provide the finest combination of national expertise and proven international capabilities, with each CMS firm acting as a gateway for you to access the resources and expertise of the entire CMS organisation.
CMS was established in 1999 and today comprises nine CMS firms, employing over 2,200 lawyers, 595 of whom are partners, together with a total staff of about 4,600 people. CMS is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.
The CMS nine member firms are:
- CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni – Italy
- CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo – Spain
- CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre – France
- CMS Cameron McKenna LLP – United Kingdom
- CMS DeBacker – Belgium
- CMS Derks Star Busmann – The Netherlands
- CMS Von Erlach Henrici – Switzerland
- CMS Hasche Sigle – Germany
- CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz – Austria
Middle East region
CMS has an association with The Levant Lawyers (TLL) the largest law firm in the Lebanon. TLL has 50 lawyers across its offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait, and its headquarters in Beirut.
CMS offices and associated offices
Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Zurich, Aberdeen, Algiers, Antwerp, Arnhem, Beijing, Belgrade, Bratislava, Bristol, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Cologne, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kyiv, Leipzig, Ljubljana, Lyon, Marbella, Milan, Montevideo, Moscow, Munich, New York, Prague, Sao Paulo, Sarajevo, Seville, Shanghai, Sofia, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Utrecht, Warsaw, Zagreb.
