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CMS

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Lawyers 5,800
Turnover €1.9 billion
Offices 79

The international law firm CMS advised Octopus Energy, the British renewable energy group, on its takeover of Bulb’s 1.5 million customers after an almost year-long tender process run by Bulb’s administrators.

It advised Legal & General Assurance Society on its fourth and final buy-in policy with the British Steel Pension Scheme, totalling £2.7 billion, under which the remaining 40 per cent of liabilities were insured.

The firm also advised a consortium comprising Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation on its agreement to acquire a 60 per cent stake in National Grid’s UK gas transmission and metering business.

★ Commended for commercial dispute resolution; commercial property; company & commercial; construction; energy & renewables; financial crime & fraud & regulatory; insolvency & restructuring; insurance; intellectual property; landlord & tenant; planning; professional negligence; technology, media & telecoms

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CMS has three Scottish bases with clients including global businesses, local manufacturers, public sector bodies and start-ups. The firm’s specialisations span sectors such as banking, energy, financial services, corporate, infrastructure, real estate and transport.

The firm’s recent Scottish business has included advising the global investment management company Nuveen on its £1 billion St James Quarter regeneration project in central Edinburgh. Located in a Unesco world heritage site, the scheme has replaced a range of 1970s buildings with new apartments, hotels, restaurants, shops and public spaces.

CMS also has a longstanding relationship with the Scottish Event Campus, a Glasgow venue. The firm advised on the development of the new 14,300-capacity OVO Hydro arena at the complex and the related commercial arrangements, including working on naming rights and sponsorship deals with organisations such as Heineken, Raymond Weil and Virgin Money.

★ Commended for banking & finance; commercial dispute resolution; commercial property; company & commercial; construction; employment; energy & renewables; intellectual property

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