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CMS is a future-facing organisation of law firms in more than 45 countries, with 6,300 legal professionals. CMS leads the number of advised European M&A transactions for several years in a row. In the Netherlands, CMS lawyers combine their in-depth knowledge of the Dutch market, in which they have been active for more than a century, with a global network and perspective. For international projects, they work closely with their CMS colleagues abroad. For countries where CMS does not have its own presence, they collaborate with the World Law Group, of which CMS Netherlands is a founding member. CMS specializes in transactions and complex issues, particularly in the real estate, pharma, financial institutions, energy and technology sectors. CMS is closely involved in the global energy transition, regulation of cryptocurrencies and developments around privacy and cybersecurity, alternative food sources and healthcare innovations through the use of big data. Practice areas: Administrative Law - Antitrust, Competition & Trade - Banking & Finance - Commercial Law - Consumer Products - Corporate/M&A - Dispute Resolution - Employment & Pensions - Energy & Climate Change - Equity Capital Markets - Financial Institutions - Funds - Hotels & Leisure - Insolvency & Restructuring - Insurance - Intellectual Property - IT - Life Sciences & Healthcare - Mobility & Transport - Private Equity - Professional & Business Services - Real Estate & Construction - Tax - Technology Media & Communications

Recent Firm News & Legal Updates

Legal Updates Netherlands
February 11, 2025

On 17 January 2025, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) went into force, introducing ongoing obligations for financial entities, such as maintaining registers of information, which the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) will actively supervise. The following article summarises the new ICT risk management framework that DORA...
Legal Updates Netherlands
February 10, 2025

On 4 February 2025, the Dutch Digital Services Act Implementation Act, the legislation transposing the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) into law in the Netherlands, entered into force, fulfilling an important requirement of the DSA: to designate national supervisory authorities by the deadline of 17 February 2024. The following article is an...
Legal Updates Netherlands
January 30, 2025

In 2025, labor law in the Netherlands has undergone several changes. This article covers the most important changes and the legislative adjustments planned for the future.
Legal Updates Netherlands
January 23, 2025

On 22 January 2025 in a landmark biodiversity litigation case, the Court of The Hague ruled in favour of Greenpeace, declaring that the Dutch state has acted unlawfully by failing to meet nitrogen reduction targets for 2025 and 2030.
Legal Updates Netherlands
December 30, 2024

On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that, under certain conditions, a purely commercial interest can be considered a legitimate interest and serve as a lawful basis for processing personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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