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Vertical progress: CMS corporate co-heads on their plans for the practice

Anna Huntley
Anna Huntley
anna.huntley@legalease.co.uk
7 March 2025
Corporate and M&A

While CMS is perhaps best-known for its top-tier reputation in the commercial property sector, its strengths as a corporate dealmaking machine can sometimes be overlooked.

Comprising more than 450 partners and over 1,400 lawyers around the world, in 2023-24 the global corporate practice contributed 29.6% of the firm’s total revenues of €1.957bn, second only to disputes at 29.9%.

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