Penelope Warne, CMS
The gracious style of CMS UK senior partner Penelope Warne (pictured above) belies a practitioner with rock solid credentials as an entrepreneurial and assured energy adviser. Joining the firm in 1993 she set up and successfully built its Aberdeen practice and went on to be a decisive force in its successful merger with Scots leader Dundas & Wilson in 2014. As head of energy, she was also a major force in local launches in Brazil, Mexico and Dubai. In 2013 she was elected senior partner of CMS Cameron McKenna, becoming one of the few women to ever lead a top 50 UK law firm. In 2016 she helped drive forward the much-touted, three-way union between CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang. A prominent figure in the oil and gas industry, others to recognise her work include The Legal 500, The Sunday Times and Euromoney.
