CMS Cameron McKenna LLP was named as 'Law Firm of the Year' for the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region and Hungary at the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence on 10 May in Amsterdam. CMS also won a client service award in Portugal and short-listed as Law Firm of the Year for Czech Republic, Germany and Portugal. The Chambers awards honour outstanding law firms and legal professionals around the world.

Andrew Kozlowski, International Managing Director for CEE comments: “We are delighted to have won Law Firm of the Year for CEE and Hungary. With the largest footprint in Europe we are pleased to be recognised as a stand out law firm in the region. We are committed to providing our clients with high quality local expertise and cross border collaboration.” 

Gabriella Ormai, Office Managing Partner for CMS Budapest, continues: ”Winning the award in Hungary is particularly significant as it is the first year for the category at the awards. It is testament to our depth and longevity across Europe, as well as our lawyers and the relationships we have built with our clients over the years.”

To win the Hungary award at the first time of asking ahead of 4 competitors  (White&Case, Baker & McKenzie, Oppenheim and Weil Gotshal) highlights the excellent partners, staff and client base that have been developed in the Budapest office of CMS.

About CMS Cameron McKenna in Kyiv: CMS Cameron McKenna opened its doors in Kyiv in September 2007 and was the first UK-headquartered law firm to open in Ukraine. The office comprises of 25 lawyers, including four partners, and represents major international and Ukrainian companies working in various sectors. We are consistently highly ranked by the major international directories such as Chambers Global, IFLR, Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer? and others. Recently Yurydychna Practyka awarded us (for the third year in a row) Best International Law Firm at their annual Legal Awards 2011 Ceremony.

Notes to Editors:

CMS provides a deep local understanding of legal, tax and business issues and delivers client-focused services through a joint strategy executed locally across 30 jurisdictions with 54 offices in Western and Central Europe and beyond.

The CMS ten member firms are: CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni (Italy); CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo (Spain); CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre (France); CMS Cameron McKenna LLP (UK); CMS DeBacker (Belgium); CMS Derks Star Busmann (Netherlands); CMS von Erlach Henrici Ltd. (Switzerland); CMS Hasche Sigle (Germany); and CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz (Austria) and CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut (Portugal).
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Contact:  Liliya Omelyanenko liliya.omelyanenko@cms-cmck.com
Date: 21 May 2012

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