CMS Belgium

CMS is an international law firm with more than 90 lawyers based in Brussels and Antwerp, providing clients with a full range of legal and tax solutions. CMS is an ambitious and growing international organization. 

With more than 5,000 lawyers worldwide, we are present in 47 countries and 84 offices located throughout Europe, the Middle East, South America, Africa and China.   

CMS is a founding member of the Legal Diversity and Inclusion Alliance (https://legaldiversityalliance.be/). Selection for recruitment is irrespective of gender, race or ethnicity, age, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. 

CMS Belgium has been granted a silver medal by Ecovadis, the world's most trusted business sustainability rating.   

FOUNDED

1999

REGION
  • Brussels
  • Antwerp
  • Flemish Brabant
MAIN PRACTICES
  • Commercial
  • Corporate law
  • Civil Law
  • Tax
  • Public & administrative law
  • Real estate
  • Litigation
  • Banking & Finance
  • Intellectual property
  • Financial regulatory
  • Data protection & privacy
  • Employee benefits & pensions
  • Technology, Media, Telecommunications
  • European Law
  • Energy law
  • Competition law
  • Urban planning and Environmental law
  • Employment & Social Security
  • Other
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The Belgian Constitutional Court gave the French Community a clear win in principle in its dispute with Netflix over the revised audiovisual funding r…

Reform of Belgian Civil Code rules on loans

On 22 May 2026, the Belgian government published a draft for consultation introducing a title 5 into Book 7 “Special Contracts” of the Civil Code, ove…

Belgian Supreme Court reshapes the social security treatment of RSUs

On 29 June 2026, the Belgian Supreme Court (Cour de cassation / Hof van cassatie, S.24.0021.N) issued an important judgment on Restricted Stock Units …