Seven CEE lawyers have been promoted to Partner by CMS. Romanian lawyer Cristina Reichmann, Czech lawyers Lukas Hejduk and Patrik Przyhoda, Polish lawyers Jakub Marcinkowski and Iga Lis, Austrian lawyer Clemens Grossmayer, and dual-qualified (and London-based) Romanian lawyer Anela Musat were among the 39 lawyers joining the firms' partnership in Europe and the Middle East. Women accounted for 18 of the 39 firm’s global promotions, and 7 of the 10 UK lawyers promoted to Partner were female.
Prague-based Lukas Hejduk is the Head of Prague’s Hotel & Leisure group and the Deputy Head of the CEE Hotel & Leisure group. He specializes in complex real estate investment and restructuring transactions involving institutional and private investors. He has experience in construction projects, development, leasing, sale and lease-backs, hotel management agreements, and various investment transactions. He began his career with five years at Havel & Holasek in the Czech Republic before joining CMS in April 2006. He received his law degree from the Charles University Faculty of Law in 2005.
Corporate and commercial lawyer Patrik Przyhoda has been part of CMS’s Prague office since 2002. His experience includes advising clients on corporate restructuring, including mergers, de-mergers and business sales, as well as on various aspects of company-related regulatory issues, insolvency and capital markets. He also assists clients with general day-to-day company-related legal issues and agreements and has extensive experience with M&A and management of due diligence and vendor due diligence processes. He received both his Master’s and a Ph.D. in Law from Charles University in Prague.
Warsaw-based Jakub Marcinkowski specializes in corporate, commercial, and civil law, and has advised on a number of mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, as well as on general corporate issues. He joined Baker & McKenzie after graduating from the University of Warsaw in 2004, and after 2 years there he moved to CMS, where he has been since.
Warsaw-based Iga Lis works in the Energy Department in CMS, where she specializes in the field of conventional energy and heavy industry, primarily on the development, construction, and operation of different contractual structures of new installations in power generation, refining, and metallurgical plants. Her experience also includes the preparation and negotiation of various agreements involving the multi-contracting and turn-key structure. Lis has represented clients in proceedings based on the Act on Public Procurement Law, and she has participated in a number of negations and preparation of public procurement projects. She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, and she joined CMS in 2007.
Vienna-based Clemens Grossmayer joined CMS in 2005. He specializes in M&A transactions, corporate finance, and general corporate law.
Bucharest-based Cristina Reichmann is Head of Capital Markets in Romania for CMS, and she specializes on all types of capital markets work, including IPOs on local and international markets, takeover public offerings and squeeze-out procedures, acquisition/disposal of financial instruments, investment funds, and management companies.
Romanian (but London-based) lawyer Anela Musat began her career with 5 and a half years at Linklaters in Bucharest — a period which concluded with a 10-month secondment to the Royal Bank of Scotland in London. In June 2010 she joined CMS's International Private Equity practice in London, where she focuses on cross-border transactions (particularly in emerging markets). She has significant M&A, private equity and corporate finance experience, having advised private equity players, corporates, and finance institutions on, among other things, leveraged buy-outs, equity and debt financings, restructurings and exits. She has a particular focus on telecoms, healthcare, and retail. She received her degree from the Facultatea de Drept, Universitatea Bucuresti in 2004 and is qualified in both the UK and Romania.
CMS Senior Partner Penelope Warner, said of the promotions that: “We are delighted to welcome these talented individuals to the partnership. These promotions were made across a number of areas, and reflect the talent and commitment of our lawyers as we grow the firm internationally. We are proud that seven of the 10 partners in the UK are women, reinforcing our strong commitment to diversity.”
CMS Executive Chairman Cornelius Brandi added: "The naming of 39 new partners is a clear indication that CMS is continuing on its course of growth and expansion. With over 800 lawyers in total in 59 locations, we have a very strong position in the international legal market.”
