CMS has promoted 54 lawyers to its partnership this year, down slightly from 56 the previous year, with the UK gaining 13 new partners.
The new partners are based in 29 cities across 21 countries around the world, with women making up 52% of the global cohort, up from 48% last year.
The total of 13 new UK partners is down 41% on last year’s equivalent figure of 22, with London gaining six new partners this year, compared with 13 last year.
The new London partners are Ben McParland in corporate and private equity M&A, Jennifer Louch and Ruth Jones in corporate and M&A, Hayley Stevenson in insurance and reinsurance, Michaela Potter in dispute resolution and Alasdair Lamb in TMT.
CMS UK senior partner Charles Currier said: ‘Congratulations to all our new partners. Each has demonstrated a commitment to exceptional client service, cross-border collaboration and a drive to innovate.’
CMS chair Pierre-Sebastien Thill added: ‘CMS’s success is built first and foremost on our people. Each has earned the trust of clients and colleagues alike, exemplifying the quality, ambition and international mindset that define CMS.’
Europe’s share of the total promotions increased, driven by additional promotions in several key regions. Germany saw seven promotions (up from three), while France saw five (up from four). Norway saw the third highest number of promotions of any country in Europe, with four, up from one last year.
CMS’s most recently announced financial results saw the firm break the €2bn mark in global revenue for the 2024 calendar year, off the back of strong performances in disputes, finance and energy work.
The promotions come as CMS UK is gearing up for a change in leadership in April this year. The firm’s managing partner Stephen Millar is set to step into the executive partner role previously held by Duncan Weston, with Adrian Bell, currently co-head of infrastructure, construction and energy disputes and Asia & Middle East managing director, set to take over from Millar.
Millar has held the UK leadership role since May 2016 and led the firm through the tripartite merger with Olswang and Nabarro in 2017.
The new partners are:
UK
- David Turner, construction, Manchester
- Ben McParland, corporate/private equity M&A, London
- Jennifer Louch, corporate/M&A, London
- Luke Chapman, corporate/M&A, Sheffield
- Ruth Jones, corporate/M&A, London
- Michaela Potter, dispute resolution, London
- Abbie Harley, employment, Edinburgh
- Charlie Denham, energy and infrastructure, Aberdeen
- Oliver Ellington, finance, Manchester
- Hayley Stevenson, insurance and reinsurance group, London
- Rebecca McGladrigan, real estate, Edinburgh
- Nicola Insley, real estate – planning, Aberdeen
- Alasdair Lamb, technology, media and telecommunications, London
Europe
- Cornelia Kreuth, corporate/M&A, Vienna
- Wolfgang Hellsberg, banking and finance, Vienna
- Catherine Matton, real estate, Brussels
- Youri Musschebroeck, public law, Brussels
- Anna Tanova, technology, media and telecommunications, Sofia
- Karmen Sinožić, commercial, data protection, Zagreb
- Fanny Fabrega-Digby-Smith, tax, Paris
- Vincent Lorieul, competition and EU, Paris
- Stéphanie Riou-Bernard, tax, Paris
- Frédéric Roux, tax, Paris
- Olivier Teixeira, tax, Paris
- Artur Baron, corporate/M&A, Duesseldorf
- Thorsten Hemme, technology, media and communications, Cologne
- Alexander Hoffmann, banking and finance, insurance, Cologne
- Berrit Roth-Mingram, corporate/M&A, Frankfurt
- Jonas Singraven, employment, Stuttgart
- Anne Waßmuth, banking and finance, insurance, Stuttgart
- Dominik von Zehmen, corporate/M&A, Frankfurt
- Péter Bibók, dispute resolution, Budapest
- Robin Svara, employment, Monaco
- Jenny Noordermeer, banking and finance, Amsterdam
- Fleur van Assendelft de Coningh, employment and pensions, Amsterdam
- Niels Koene, employment and pensions, Amsterdam
- Christina Elisabeth Lavold, corporate/M&A, Oslo
- Kristian Aksland, real estate, Stavanger
- Ida Grøstad, labour and employment, Oslo
- Linn Cathrine Jøsendal, intellectual property, Stavanger
- Artur Bednarski, finance/restructuring, Warsaw
- Agnieszka Starzyńska, life sciences and healthcare, Warsaw
- Peter Plachy, dispute resolution, Bratislava
- Eva Ceca, employment, Madrid
- Jerker Christensen, dispute resolution, construction, Stockholm
- Maxence Carron, dispute resolution, arbitration, Geneva
- Yoann Lambert, dispute resolution, Geneva
- Kateryna Chechulina, finance, Kyiv
South America, Africa, and Asia
- Fernanda Muniz Borges, labour and employment, São Paulo
- Karine Evangelista Araújo Oliveira, banking and finance, São Paulo
- Sandra Chicoma, aviation, Lima
- Zeus Ombeva, dispute resolution, Nairobi
- Jacinta Ngumo, corporate and commercial, Nairobi
- Amy Wen Wei, dispute resolution, Hong Kong
