The greatest appreciation of our work is to have content clients. If our expertise is recognised and honoured beyond that, we are, of course, all the more pleased. CMS has recently received the following awards:
Awards
Women in law award 2023 for Best Law Firm
Promoting the Best
Law firm of the year Austria for Employment Law in 2023, 2020 and 2019
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
CEE Tax Firm of the Year 2023 CMS Croatia
ITR
Law firm of the year Austria 2022 for Mergers and Acquisitions and Employment Law
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
Top ranked in Austria for Employment for over a decade
JUVE
First law firm to receive an ÖKOPROFIT award
OekoBusiness Vienna
CEE Law Firm of the Year 2021, 2016 and 2012
Chambers Europe
2019 Deal of the Year in Montenegro and North Macedonia
CEE Legal Matters
European Mid-Market M&A Legal Adviser 2018
Mergermarket European M&A Awards
Central & Eastern Europe M&A Legal Adviser 2018, 2014 and 2012
Mergermarket European M&A Awards
ILO Client Choice Award in 2018, 2017 and 2014 – for selected CMS partners in Austria and CEE
Austrian Law Firm of the Year 2014
JUVE
Rankings
Chambers Europe
Band 1 in Austria in 2023 for Employment.
Band 2 in Austria in 2023 for Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Public Law: Public Procurement/PPP and Real Estate: Construction.
Band 1 in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2023 for General Business Law.
Band 1 in Bulgaria in 2023 for Banking & Finance and Energy.
Band 2 in Bulgaria in 2023 for Corporate/Commercial and Real Estate.
Band 1 in Croatia in 2023 for Banking & Finance and Real Estate.
Band 2 in Serbia in 2023 for Employment.
Band 1 in the Central & Eastern Europe category in 2023 for Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A and Projects & Energy.
Band 2 in the Central & Eastern Europe category in 2023 for Real Estate.
Band 1 in the Europe-wide category in 2023 for Employment, Projects & Energy, Real Estate and TMT:Media.
Band 2 in the Europe-wide category in 2023 for TMT: Telecommunications.
IFLR1000
Tier 1 in Austria in 2023 for Project development.
Tier 1 in Bulgaria in 2023 for Banking and finance, M&A and Project development.
Tier 1 in Croatia in 2023 for Financial and corporate and Project development.
Tier 1 in Serbia in 2023 for Project development.
Tier 2 in Austria in 2023 for Banking and finance and M&A.
Tier 2 in Montenegro in 2023 for Financial and corporate and Project development.
Tier 2 in Serbia in 2023 for Financial and corporate.
Tier 2 in Slovenia in 2023 for Financial and corporate.
JUVE 2023
#1 Employment
#2 Banking and finance
#2 Capital markets
The Legal 500 EMEA 2023
4 lawyers are listed in the “Hall of Fame” group.
24 lawyers are listed in the elite "Leading individuals" group.
15 lawyers are listed in the "Next Generation Partner" group.
15 lawyers are listed in the "Rising star" group.
