International law firm CMS has launched its ‘next generation’ vacation scheme as part of its CMS Academy programme. 

CMS has launched a two-year non-law graduate training programme called the Business Development & Marketing Graduate Programme, which will take on four candidates at the firm’s London office.

International firm CMS has awarded five law bursaries for 2015 following assessment days at its London and Edinburgh offices.

The College of Law and European law firm CMS Cameron McKenna have together announced the launch of a bespoke Legal Practice Course tailored toward training in international and corporate legal services.

Partners at CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted in favour of a proposal to combine the three firms, creating the sixth largest firm in the world (by number of lawyers) and in the United Kingdom (by revenue). The merger goes live on 1 May 2017.

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On 1 May the largest ever merger in the UK legal services market went live, with CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang joining together to create a new super-firm

Top City firm CMS has launched a website dedicated solely to informing readers about the debate on EU membership and the implications of ‘Brexit’ - the United Kingdom’s potential exit from the European Union.

The proposed merger between Dundas & Wilson and CMS Cameron McKenna has caused upheaval at the Scottish firm, with a number of key partners leaving in advance of the change.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has started the new year by opening a new office in Bristol, staffed by a team of nearly 30 former CMS Cameron McKenna partners, associates and office staff.

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CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang are in talks to push through a three-way merger that would create a global firm with revenues of almost £1 billion, it has been reported. 

CMS Cameron McKenna is running an essay competition for final year school students who are keen on law and would be in the first generation of their family to attend university.

The Legal Aid Agency has been accused of being in denial about severe glitches in its client management and cost system.

The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that arrangements for possession of the Olympic Stadium when the 2012 games finish, which was won jointly by West Ham FC and Newham Council earlier this year, have collapsed.

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The reasons that firms decide to merge are as varied as the firms themselves, but there are usually some key drivers – namely, the desire to expand, geographically or in terms of expertise, or to stay afloat. For the lawyers who find that the firm they joined is no longer the firm at which they work, there are normally a raft of opportunities– and maybe especially so for trainees.

CMS will be offering 95 training contract places in the coming recruitment year, making it the second-highest training contract provider in the UK.