CMC Markets Germany is a group company of CMC Markets plc, a financial services provider for Contracts for Difference (CFDs) founded in 1989 and based in London. With clients in over 100 countries on four continents, the CMC Group is one of the world's leading providers in online derivatives trading. Reed Smith has provided comprehensive advice on regulatory, corporate and employment law issues. Reed Smith has also taken on the coordination of foreign law issues.

The Reed Smith team consisted of Dr. Simon Grieser (lead partner / banking supervisory law), Dr. Anselm Reinertshofer (Banking Supervision Law), Jan Philip Nagel (Banking Supervision Law), Rita Gnoth-Novak (Corporate Law), Andrea Manger (Labour Law), Guillemine Berne (Corporate Law / Paris), Tim Dolan (Banking Supervision Law / London), David Calligan (Banking Supervision Law / London), Constantin Conrads (Corporate Law), Dr. Andreas Jürgens (Corporate Law) and Oliver Rathje (Litigation).