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06/12/2022
SEAM­LESS Leg­al re­cog­nised by Pravo-300 2022
We are more than happy to share our first re­cog­ni­tion as SEAM­LESS Leg­al by the na­tion­al rank­ing Pravo.ru-300. This year SEAM­LESS Leg­al has earned 17 re­cog­ni­tions, in­clud­ing Band 1 award for the In­sur­ance...
15/06/2022
The former Mo­scow of­fice of CMS to con­tin­ue work­ing as an in­de­pend­ent law...
On 15 June 2022, the former Mo­scow of­fice of the in­ter­na­tion­al law firm CMS an­nounces the start of work as an in­de­pend­ent law firm un­der the new brand name SEAM­LESS Leg­al.Over 80 col­leagues of the Mo­scow of­fice con­tin­ue work­ing as one team, led by Man­aging Part­ner Jean-Fran­cois Mar­quaire and Seni­or Part­ner Le­onid Zubar­ev.We keep ad­vising our cli­ents across all 23 prac­tices and sec­tors: We lean on 30 years of ex­pert­ise and an im­pec­cable repu­ta­tion as part of an in­ter­na­tion­al law firm. We have al­ways abided by strict pro­fes­sion­al stand­ards and will con­tin­ue provid­ing ser­vices of the highest qual­ity. Jean-Fran­cois Mar­quaire, Man­aging Part­ner: “We are proud of hav­ing been able to cre­ate and pre­serve a united team with a friendly cor­por­ate cul­ture and re­spons­ible at­ti­tude to our busi­ness.”Le­onid Zubar­ev, Seni­or Part­ner: “Our new brand SEAM­LESS Leg­al most ac­cur­ately re­flects the ap­proach to work that has de­veloped over the years in our firm – in­teg­rity and co­her­ence, im­pec­cab­il­ity, con­tinu­ity and un­in­ter­rup­ted sup­port to our cli­ents at any time."
14/03/2022
The Mo­scow of­fice of CMS to con­tin­ue as an in­de­pend­ent law firm
Dear FriendsWe have been through a lot dur­ing 30 years in Rus­sia. Now a dif­fi­cult de­cision has been taken by CMS to leave the Rus­si­an mar­ket. We are grate­ful to our in­ter­na­tion­al col­leagues for their...
10/06/2021
CMS Rus­sia earns a re­cord num­ber of re­cog­ni­tions by Best Law­yers 2022
Strong re­cog­ni­tion by the rank­ing 32 CMS Rus­sia ex­perts have been se­lec­ted for in­clu­sion in­to the 2022 edi­tion of the Best Law­yers rank­ing. In total, we have earned 74 re­cog­ni­tions by the rank­ing :Ant­on...
26/01/2021
Most awaited leg­al de­vel­op­ments of 2021
CMS Rus­sia ex­perts have pre­pared their an­nu­al se­lec­tion of the most awaited leg­al de­vel­op­ments in Rus­sia in 2021.You can read de­tailed art­icles and re­com­mend­a­tions by our ex­perts on the forth­com­ing changes...
04/06/2020
CMS Rus­sia earns 58 re­cog­ni­tions by Best Law­yers 2021
Strong re­cog­ni­tion by the rank­ing 26 CMS Rus­sia ex­perts have been se­lec­ted for in­clu­sion in­to the 2021 edi­tion of the Best Law­yers. In total, we have earned 58 re­cog­ni­tions by the rank­ing:Ant­on Bankovskiy...
13/03/2020
CMS Rus­sia keeps its strong po­s­i­tions in Cham­bers Europe 2020
Awar­ded leg­al ad­vice CMS Rus­sia has been ranked by Cham­bers Europe 2020 in the fol­low­ing cat­egor­ies:Bank­ing & Fin­ance | Band 3Com­pet­i­tion/An­ti­trust | Band 3Cor­por­ate/M&A: High-End Cap­ab­il­it­ies | Band...
26/02/2020
CMS Rus­sia ranked among top law firms in Rus­sia by Kom­mersant
Awar­ded leg­al ad­vice The na­tion­al rank­ing Kom­mersant in­cluded CMS Rus­sia in­to its rank­ing of the top law firms in Rus­sia for the first time.CMS Rus­sia was ranked across 19 cat­egor­ies: Bank­ing & Fin­ance­Com­pet­i­tion Cor­por­ate/...
14/02/2020
CMS Rus­sia ac­com­plishes strong show­ing in Cham­bers Glob­al 2020
Awar­ded leg­al ad­vice One of the lead­ing leg­al dir­ect­or­ies Cham­bers & Part­ners has pub­lished its rank­ing Cham­bers Glob­al 2020. CMS Rus­sia has been ranked in the fol­low­ing cat­egor­ies:Bank­ing & Fin­ance...
10/12/2013
CMS an­nounces the launch of Chinese Ini­ti­at­ive
Now that Sino-Rus­si­an busi­ness trans­ac­tions gath­er pace and re­quire in­creased leg­al aware­ness, CMS of­fices in Rus­sia and the PRC are pool­ing ef­forts to pave your leg­al ways in­to the Chinese mar­ket.A ded­ic­ated...
07/11/2013
CMS an­nounces new of­fice in Istan­bul
CMS is pleased to an­nounce the open­ing of an of­fice in Istan­bul. With this move, CMS ex­pands in­to Turki­ye, the 17th largest eco­nomy in the world with growth of over 5% ex­pec­ted in 2014.Cor­neli­us Brandi...
23/10/2013
CMS has been named a top 20 Glob­al Elite Law Firm Brand
CMS has been named a top 20 Glob­al Elite Law Firm Brand in Ac­ritas’ Shar­pleg­al 2013 Glob­al Elite Brand In­dex mov­ing up two po­s­i­tions com­pared to 2012. Shar­pleg­al from Ac­ritas is the world’s most com­pre­hens­ive...