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13 april 2023
CMS Derks Star Busmann
Attorneys at Law Civil-law Notaries Tax Advisers
Distinctively European
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
– Multidisciplinary with 200 attorneys at law, civil-law notaries and tax advisers
– Top 10 legal services provider
– Offices in Amsterdam, Brussels and Utrecht
– Integrated services
– Clients: businesses, institutions and government bodies
– National leader with an international network
– Partner of CMS - the organisation of independentEuropean law and tax firms
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Active for more than 100 years
1900 Formation of Nauta en Pit law firm, later Star Busmann & Hooft Graafland
1945 Formation of Derks law firm, later Derks & Partners
1976 – 89 Several mergers & acquisitions
1990 Merger with Star Busmann & Hooft Graafland, lawyers/tax advisers Utrecht. Name changed into Derks Star Busmann
1992 – 97 Several mergers & acquisitions
1999 Derks Star Busmann and four other leading European offices enter into the international CMS-alliance. CMS was added in front of the name.
2005 The partnership is converted to CMS Derks Star Busmann N.V.
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CMS
– CMS is the organisation of independent European law and tax firms of choice for organisations based in, or looking to move into, Europe
– CMS provides a deep local understanding of legal, tax and business issues and delivers client-focussed services through a joint strategy executed locally across 28 jurisdictions with 53 offices in Western and Central Europe and beyond
EUROPEAN AWARDS 2010Law firm Network of the yearShortlisted first place
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Company spearheads
Distinctively European:
– Most extensive presence
– Deep local expertise
– Cross-border coordination
– Industry specialists
– High quality advice
– Strong trusted relationships
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CMS facts & figures
– Founded 1 july 1999
– 9 member firms
– About 5.000 employees About 770 partners> 2.800 lawyers
– 53 offices, in 47 city's in 28 countries
– Beyond Europe: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China, Morocco
– Top 5 global law group
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Practice Areas
– Employment Law & Pensions
– Banking & Finance
– Consumer Products
– Corporate
– Dispute Resolution
– Energy
– Tax
– Hotels & Leisure
– Infrastructure & Project Finance
– Insolvency & Restructuring
– Intellectual Property
– Lifesciences
– Competition & EU
– Commercial Law
– Real Estate & Construction
– Criminal Law
– Technology, Media & Telecoms
– Insurance
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Employment Law & Pensions
Expertise:
- Employment Law- Pensions - Employee Incentives
Employment Knowledge Partner International Law Office
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Banking & Finance
Expertise:
- Banking• Financial Supervision
• Supervision of Insurance Industry, Pension Funds, and Securities Institutions
- Finance• Financial Services
• Islamic finance
• Leasing
• Securitization
• Security Rights
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Consumer Products
Expertise:
- Product Liability
• Retail agreements (rental, franchising)
• Provisions (guarantee)• General conditions
- Automotive
• Contracts (dealer, financing) • Product liability • Consumer financing • Import
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Corporate
Expertise:
- Mergers & Acquisitions- Capital Markets- Private Equity- Investment Funds- Joint Ventures & Strategic
Alliances- Corporate Governance- Corporate Litigation- Company Law
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Dispute Resolution
Expertise:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution- Arbitration- Sanctions
• Administrative fine• Tax penalties• (Financial) regulatory
legislation
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Energy
Expertise:
- Energy Market• Mergers & Acquisitions• Investments• Financing
- Oil & Gas - Electricity- Renewable Energy- Energy Law- Water
• Management • Environment • Spatial planning
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Tax
Expertise:
- National Tax- International Tax- Real Estate Taxation - Sales Tax - Sanctions and Procedural - Other Taxes and Levies
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Hotels & Leisure
Expertise:
- Property Development- Management Agreements- Joint Ventures- Fund Structures- Sale-and-Leaseback
Arrangements- Mergers & Acquisitions
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Infrastructure & Project Finance
Expertise:
- Infrastructure Projects- Industrial Projects - Property Development- Project Finance- Construction and Operation- Public Private Partnerships
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Insolvency & Restructuring
Expertise:
- Involuntary Liquidations- Restructuring- Debt Rescheduling - Moratorium
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Intellectual Property
Expertise:
- Intellectual Property- trademarks- trade names- designs
- Protection of Know-how- Breech on rights, admissibility- Licence and Cooperation
Agreements - Opportunities for Protection or
Exploitation
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Life sciences
Expertise:
- Pharmaceutical Law- Healthcare law- Transactions- Investments- Patents- EU-Regulations
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Competition & EU
Expertise:
- Competition- Procurement- Regulated Markets
• Sector-specific regulations (energy, post, telecommunications, media and healthcare)
• Regulatory authorities
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Commercial Law
Expertise:
- General Conditions- Compliance- Consumer Law- Distribution & Franchising- Transport Law
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Real Estate & Construction
Expertise:
- Administrative Law• Spatial planning• Environment & Safety• Authorities, Subsidies• Loss, Law of Administrative
Procedure- Corporate Real Estate
• Real Estate Transactions, -funds
• Portfolio Structures- Commercial Property
• Property Development• Tenancy, Sale, Mortgage,
Transfer• Law & Lease
- Planning & Construction
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Criminal Law
Expertise:
- General Criminal Law- Fraud and White Collar Crime
• Financial (regulatory)-legislations: securities, credit and investment institutions
• Economic offences• Environmental legislation• State taxes• Customs legislation
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Technology, Media & Telecoms
Expertise:
- Media & Technology• Contracts (licence, maintenance
and escrow)• Internet, privacy, domain names,
databases, e-commerce
- Sport• Sponsoring, TV- and portrait rights,
transfers• Liability• Construction & permits
- Telecoms• Access and interconnection to
network• Pricing regulation• Privacy laws and consumer
protection
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Insurance
Expertise:
- Policy Conditions - Disputes about Cover - Cases of Loss- Cases of Fraud
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International Desks
ChinaGermanyRussia
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- Newsflashes: email newsletters, actualities from a variety of sectors
- Alert service: email bulletin: legal developments collected together from a range of information sources; 2 times per week
- Seminars: meetings, current developments in many areas, broaden knowledge and exchange ideas with us and other business colleagues
- Events: informal meetings: opera, sports, diners; strengthen contacts and extend your network
Free of charge; calender and registration via www.cms-dsb.com
Client services
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Sponsoring
De Nederlandse Opera
CMS Derks Star Busmann is fan andEuropean partner of De NederlandseOpera. We appreciate the quality and thecontemporary and surprising way in whichit presents opera.
We share the ambition to make theimpossible possible.
Other sponsorships:- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam- Stadsschouwburg (theatre) Utrecht- Royal Dutch Hockey Association- 1% fair share partner Handicapped Sport Fund