CMS

Address: CMS Hasche Sigle Kranhaus 1 Im Zollhafen 18 Cologne, Germany, Europe 50678	Phone: +49 221-7716-0 Fax: +49 221-7716-110 Web site: cms-hs.com	Primary Contact: Dr. Christopher Jordan christopher.jordan@cms-hs.com
Address: CMS Shanghai Representative Office 2801 Plazza 66, Tower 2 1266 Nanjing Road West Shanghai, China 200040	Phone: +86-21-6289-6363 Fax: +86-21-6289-0731

Firm Description

CMS Hasche Sigle is one of the leading commercial law firms. More than 600 lawyers serve their clients in nine major German commercial centres as well as in Brussels, Moscow and Shanghai.

Whether medium-sized company or major enterprise we provide our clients with qualified advice on legal issues of all types raised in the course of corporate and business activities.

We provide a comprehensive range of legal services tailored to our clients' needs. The expertise of our lawyers enables us to give qualified advice on all aspects of national and international commercial law throughout Germany.

The size of the firm and the offices at major locations throughout Germany mean that for complex projects we can put together a team of experts from different fields to cater for the clients' specific needs. By closely liaising the various practice areas we can deliver customised one-stop solutions.

Our Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart offices all have in-house notaries and we can therefore notarise any property or corporate documents, as required.

CMS Hasche Sigle is a member of CMS, 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-focused services through a joint strategy executed locally across 29 jurisdictions with 54 offices and more than 2800 lawyers in Western and Central Europe and beyond.

CMS locations:
· Albania (Tirana)
· Algeria (Algiers)
· Argentina (Buenos Aires)
· Austria (Vienna)
· Belgium (Antwerp, Brussels)
· Bosnia-Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
· Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
· Bulgaria (Sofia)
· China (Beijing, Shanghai)
· Croatia (Zagreb)
· Czech Republic (Prague)
· France (Lyon, Paris, Strasbourg)
· Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart)
· Hungary (Budapest)
· Italy (Milan, Rome)
· Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
· Morocco (Casablanca)
· The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Utrecht)
· Poland (Warsaw)
· Romania (Bucharest)
· Russia (Moscow)
· Serbia (Belgrade)
· Slovakia (Bratislava)
· Slovenia (Ljubljana)
· Spain (Madrid, Marbella, Seville)
· Switzerland (Zurich)
· Ukraine (Kyiv)
· United Kingdom (Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh, London)
· Uruguay (Montevideo)

Attorney Biographies

Christopher Jordan
Christopher Jordan is a partner of CMS Hasche Sigle in Germany. He advises international companies in the areas of individual and collective labor law, in particular with regard to re-structuring, outsourcing, transactions, personnel redundancies, and in cross-border issues. He leads negotiations with works councils on balances of interest, shop agreements, and social (compensation) plans. Christopher has particular expertise in works council rights and in employment issues in multi-national transaction. He regularly holds lectures and presentations at national HR-seminars and international conferences such as the American Bar Association on various employment and labor law matters. He studied law at the University of Cologne before joining a German law firm specialised in employment and labor law. He gained international experience during legal clerkships with law firms in Atlanta and New York and various visits to other US law firms. He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), of the American Bar Association (ABA), the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA). Christopher has been recommended in “The International Whos’s Who of Business Lawyers”, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Attorneys Admitted to Practice In:
China
Europe