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• CMS Cameron McKenna hires seven lawyers, boosts private equity practice

  Apr 14 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna has recruited a team of seven private equity lawyers who were formerly part of Linklaters CEE ‘flying squad’ – a group that handled private equity... more

• CMS partner firms join forces for Shanghai launch

  Jan 07 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna and its alliance partners, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre in France and CMS Hasche Sigle in Germany, will open a merged Shanghai office next month.... more

• CMS cuts 30 more jobs in Moscow

  Dec 07 2009 CMS Russia has laid off 30 more employees, including 10 fee earners, in a redundancy round which closed in November. The firm has slashed 61 jobs, including 29... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna cuts 73 jobs

  Jun 26 2009 CMS Cameron McKenna has completed its redundancy talks, laying off 73 London staff, reports legalweek.com. more

• Camerons shrinks payoffs by 20% as 80 face the axe

  May 26 2009 CMS Cameron McKenna slashed its redundancy package just months ahead of a major job cull that is likely to lead to the loss of 80 jobs. CMS Cameron McKenna slashed... more

• Camerons results: revenue up 2% as PEP down 15%

  May 23 2009 CMS Cameron McKenna has become the first major UK law firm to announce its 2008-09 results with the firm seeing profits down 15% along with a marginal increase in... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna advises on Stanford receiverships

  Feb 25 2009 CMS Cameron McKenna LLP has been appointed to advise Vantis plc receivers to two Antiguan companies in Sir Allen Stanford’s group of businesses. The US Securities... more

• Camerons in talks for CMS-wide financial model

  Jul 31 2008 Camerons managing partner Duncan Weston is moving to persuade other major members of the CMS alliance, including CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre in France and CMS Hasche... more

• Record results from UK law firms - Allen & Overy breaks £1bn

  Jul 04 2008 Allen & Overy's figures show a 15% rise in turnover to £1.016 billion. RollOnFriday has published a detailed list of law firms which have posted double digit... more

• CMS to integrate Moscow offices

  Jun 23 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna and its European network have begun integrating operations in Russia and are on track to operate as a fully merged firm in Moscow by the end of the... more

• Cornelius Brandi new chairman CMS alliance executive committee

  Jun 17 2008 CMS Hasche Sigle managing partner Cornelius Brandi has been elected as the new chairman of the executive committee for the CMS law firm alliance. Brandi replaces... more

• Trainee retention defies crunch

  Jun 17 2008 The credit crunch has failed to have an impact on trainee retention rates, with early indications from a cross-section of leading firms such as Freshfields Bruckhaus... more

• Camerons faces Allen Overy on $6bn Informa merger bid

  Jun 10 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna has landed a lead advisory role opposite magic circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) on the proposed merger between United Business Media (UBM) and... more

• CMS Austrian member adds with local merger

  Jun 10 2008 CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz – the Austrian ally of top 20 City firm CMS Cameron McKenna – is set to merge with boutique Dallmann & Juranek. The two Vienna-based firms are... more

• CMS Camerons salary rises keep pace with magic circle

  May 31 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna has raised its trainee and newly-qualified (NQ) salaries by an average of three per cent as it bids to keep pace with the magic circle. First year... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna PEP up 30 per cent

  May 23 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna’s average profit per equity partner (PEP) has rocketed by 30 per cent, to £650,000 from £502,000 a year ago. The firm also revealed turnover of... more

• Camerons promotes 11 but just four in City

  Mar 22 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna has become the second top 20 UK firm to announce its 2008 partner promotions, with the City outfit set to make up 11 associates to partner. The... more

• Leading IT lawyer Dr. Jan Geert Meents joins DLA Piper

  Feb 21 2008 DLA Piper is delighted to announce that leading IT lawyer Dr Jan Geert Meents will join its Technology, Media and Commercial ("TMC") practice as a partner in Munich.... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna Gives Nod to European Integration Plan

  Feb 13 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna and its European alliance of firms have rubber-stamped plans to integrate the network and work more closely together. more

• Global law firms have missed the boat in Eastern Europe

  Dec 13 2007 There are not many parts of the world that can boast immunity to the sour markets resulting from the global credit crunch, but Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) can. As... more

• CMS kickstarts City goldrush to Ukraine

  Sep 24 2007 CMS Cameron McKenna has launched a series of raids on local rivals to bolster its new Ukraine office. The raids come as UK firms circle the former Soviet state looking... more