Offices – United Kingdom
Explore all Offices
Global Reach
Global Reach

Apart from offering expert legal consultancy for local jurisdictions, CMS partners up with you to effectively navigate the complexities of global business and legal environments.

Explore our reach
Insights – United Kingdom
Explore all insights
Expertise
Insights
Insights

CMS lawyers can provide future-facing advice for your business across a variety of specialisms and industries, worldwide.

Explore topics
Offices
Global Reach
Global Reach

Apart from offering expert legal consultancy for local jurisdictions, CMS partners up with you to effectively navigate the complexities of global business and legal environments.

Explore our reach
Insights
About CMS
UK Pay Gap Report 2024
UK Pay Gap Report 2024

Learn more

Select your region

Legal Services Unit

Our Legal Services Unit (LSU) provides access to a range of alternative sourcing options, from our strong in-house paralegal team to outsourced partners.

Value for money and securing first class legal advice, delivered to you in the most efficient and cost effective way, is a top priority for organisations.

Our Legal Services Unit (LSU) provides access to a range of alternative sourcing options, from our strong in-house paralegal team, to the extensive CMS network, to working with our legal process outsourcing partner Integreon (or your choice of LPO). Able to meet large scale and multiple language requirements, we have the right flexible legal resource to help you.

Using CMS’ LSU means you can benefit from measurable cost savings, full scalability of support and a track record of delivering.

Ideal for helping you deliver the more routine, volume or process-led elements of projects and transactions more efficiently, the LSU provides a team of skilled paralegals and other solutions for the tasks that don’t always need to be done by a senior lawyer.

The LSU has substantial experience in all of our sectors and practice areas. Backed up by extensive templates, guidance and systems we can design a cost-effective and smart legal solution for you. Our team works seamlessly with our lawyers, providing the right mix of people, process and technology.

Based in our Glasgow and Edinburgh offices, our LSU works on both domestic and international matters. Being based in our offices means we ensure collaborative working with our lawyers and the work remains closely supervised - ensuring quality, efficiency and peace of mind from a top 10 international law firm.

Awards & Recognitions
01
  • Quote
    CMS’ LSU helped by providing a team of paralegal secondees for a big compliance project. The LSU team were very flexible - it was a real pleasure to work with them and I would definitely work with them again.
    Compliance Project manager for financial services client
  • Quote
    The solution provided by the Legal Services Unit at CMS was both innovative and cost effective
    GC at major Energy sector client

Events

  • Scenic of panorama view of sunrise skyline and cityscape with light tail on road into metropolis, Bangkok, Thailand
    United Kingdom
    24 Apr 2025

    Cross-Border Financial Services 2025 webinar series

  • United Kingdom
    07 May 2025

    On the Pulse webinar series 2025 - Spring/Summer

  • colourful circles and sectors
    United Kingdom
    29 May 2025

    CMS Scotland In-House Essentials

  • Stacks of purple gambling chips 840x420
    United Kingdom
    06 Jun 2025

    CMS Gambling Conference 2025

  • United Kingdom
    11 Jun 2025

    Power Sector: Managing Risks

  • Abstract green spirals - 840 x 420
    United Kingdom
    11 Jun 2025

    Risk Essentials: Conduct issues for in-house lawyers: new SRA guidance and beyond

  • United Kingdom
    12 Jun 2025

    Supply Chain Issues in the Food and Drink Sector

  • Game Controller
    United Kingdom
    17 Jun 2025

    Gaming Risk – Roundtable Discussion

  • Colorful donut background - 840 x 420
    United Kingdom
    25 Jun 2025

    CMS Consumer & Retail Conference - Navigating through change

  • Ink in water abstract background - 840 x 420
    United Kingdom
    22 Sept 2025

    Skills For Future Facing Teams: How to maximise your ability to deep work in a world of distraction

  • modern office building with facade of glass
    United Kingdom
    25 Sept 2025

    Digital In­fra­struc­ture & Data Centres - Key Market Trends

  • modern office building with facade of glass
    United Kingdom
    21 Oct 2025

    Residential legislative update

  • modern office building with facade of glass
    United Kingdom
    26 Nov 2025

    Reform of commercial landlord and tenant legislation for England and Scotland

Local market knowledge. Global outlook

We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.

About CMS
People across CMS Find a Lawyer
6,800+ Lawyers
1,300+ Partners
Locations across CMS Find an office
45+ Countries
80+ Offices
21 Member firms