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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</U></B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CUSHMAN&nbsp;&amp; WAKEFIELD plc </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>England and Wales</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">98-1193584</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>125 Old Broad Street</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>London, United Kingdom</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>EC2N 1AR</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THIRD AMENDED&nbsp;&amp; RESTATED </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2018 OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT SHARE AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Noelle J. Perkins </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer&nbsp;&amp; Secretary </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cushman&nbsp;&amp; Wakefield </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>225 West Wacker Drive </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60606 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(312) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">470-1800</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Robert M. Hayward, P.C. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Katie J. Holahan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>333 West Wolf Point Plaza </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60654 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(312) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">862-2000</FONT></B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;15, 2025, the shareholders of Cushman&nbsp;&amp; Wakefield plc (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) approved the Third Amended&nbsp;&amp; Restated 2018
  Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) in order to: increase the number of ordinary shares, $0.10 nominal value per share (the &#147;Ordinary Shares&#148;), reserved for issuance under the Plan by 3,800,000; and
  extend the scheduled expiration date of the Plan from May&nbsp;16, 2034 to May&nbsp;15, 2035. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed for the purposes of registering an additional 3,800,000 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant under the Plan, which have been authorized and reserved for
  issuance under the Plan and include Ordinary Shares that may again become available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan pursuant to share counting and other terms and conditions of the Plan. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the registration statements on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relating to the Plan and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on August&nbsp;16, 2018 (File No.&nbsp;
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312518250733/d592191ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-226875</FONT></A>), January&nbsp;27, 2022 (File No.&nbsp;
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312522019809/d26952ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-262372</FONT></A>) and May&nbsp;16, 2024 (File No.&nbsp;
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312522183937/d401349ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-279455</FONT></A>) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000162836925000005/cwk-20241231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;
  21, 2025, which incorporates by reference certain portions of the Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000162836925000012/cwk-20250404.htm">Definitive Proxy Statement</A> for
  the Registrant&#146;s 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;4, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000162836925000021/cwk-20250331.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;29, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the
  Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312525010377/d925529d8k.htm">January&nbsp;
  22, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000130817925000270/cwk013982-8k.htm">March&nbsp;
  28, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312525121683/d14499d8k.htm">May&nbsp;16, 2025</A>. (excluding any portions of such reports that were &#147;furnished&#148; rather than
  &#147;filed&#148;); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Ordinary Shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312518231291/d554052d8a12b.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-38611),</FONT> filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;30, 2018. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All other reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
  be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Registration Statement, any
  document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any
  other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
  modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312521155007/d436122dex31.htm">Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;7, 2021). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000119312525121683/d14499dex101.htm">Third Amended&nbsp;&amp; Restated 2018 Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan, effective May&nbsp;
  15, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 16, 2025).</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d18040dex51.htm">Opinion of Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis International LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;23.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;23.2</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d18040dex51.htm">Consent of Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis International LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;24.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d18040dexfilingfees.htm">Calculation of Filing Fee Tables. </A></TD></TR>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New
  York, on May&nbsp;16, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Michelle MacKay</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Michelle MacKay</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Title</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer and director of Cushman&nbsp;&amp; Wakefield plc whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
  Michelle MacKay, Neil Johnston and Noelle J. Perkins, and each of them, his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of substitution and
  revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any or all amendments including any post-effective amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
  exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent full power and
  authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
  dates indicated: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Michelle MacKay</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Michelle MacKay</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director and Chief Executive Officer<BR>(Principal Executive Officer and Authorized Representative in the United States)</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;16, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Neil Johnston</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Neil Johnston</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer<BR>(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Laurida Sayed</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Laurida Sayed</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chief Accounting Officer<BR>(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Michelle Felman</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Michelle Felman</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Jodie McLean</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Jodie McLean</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Jennifer J. McPeek</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Jennifer J. McPeek</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Rajesh Vennam</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Brett White</P>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2025
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD plc
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  England and Wales
  98-1193584
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  125 Old Broad Street
  London, United Kingdom
  EC2N 1AR
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  THIRD AMENDED & RESTATED
  2018 OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT SHARE AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Noelle J. Perkins
  Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
  Cushman & Wakefield
  225 West Wacker Drive
  Chicago, Illinois 60606
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (312)
  470-1800
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to
  :
  Robert M. Hayward, P.C.
  Katie J. Holahan
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  333 West Wolf Point Plaza
  Chicago, Illinois 60654
  (312)
  862-2000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  On May 15, 2025, the shareholders of Cushman & Wakefield plc (the "Registrant") approved the Third Amended & Restated 2018
  Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in order to: increase the number of ordinary shares, $0.10 nominal value per share (the "Ordinary Shares"), reserved for issuance under the Plan by 3,800,000; and
  extend the scheduled expiration date of the Plan from May 16, 2034 to May 15, 2035.
  This Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (the "Registration Statement") is being filed for the purposes of registering an additional 3,800,000 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant under the Plan, which have been authorized and reserved for
  issuance under the Plan and include Ordinary Shares that may again become available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan pursuant to share counting and other terms and conditions of the Plan.
  In accordance with General Instruction E to Form
  S-8,
  the registration statements on Form
  S-8
  relating to the Plan and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 16, 2018 (File No.
  333-226875
  ), January 27, 2022 (File No.
  333-262372
  ) and May 16, 2024 (File No.
  333-279455
  ) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
  1.
  The Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 
  21, 2025, which incorporates by reference certain portions of the Registrant's
  Definitive Proxy Statement
  for
  the Registrant's 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on April 4, 2025;
  2.
  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on
  Form
  10-Q
  for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2025;
  3.
  The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed with the
  Commission on
  January 
  22, 2025
  ,
  March 
  28, 2025
  and
  May 16, 2025
  . (excluding any portions of such reports that were "furnished" rather than
  "filed"); and
  4.
  The description of the Ordinary Shares contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form
  8-A
  (File
  No. 001-38611),
  filed with the Commission on July 30, 2018.
  All other reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
  be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
  For purposes of this Registration Statement, any
  document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any
  other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
  modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 8. Exhibits
  The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on May 7, 2021).
  4.2
  Third Amended & Restated 2018 Omnibus Management Share and Cash Incentive Plan, effective May 
  15, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 16, 2025).
  5.1
  Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.2
  Consent of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
  107
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New
  York, on May 16, 2025.
  CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD plc
  By:
  /s/ Michelle MacKay
  Name:
  Michelle MacKay
  Title
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer and director of Cushman & Wakefield plc whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
  Michelle MacKay, Neil Johnston and Noelle J. Perkins, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact
  and agent, with full power of substitution and
  revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any or all amendments including any post-effective amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
  exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorney-in-fact
  and agent full power and
  authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorney-in-fact
  and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
  dates indicated:
  Name
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Michelle MacKay
  Michelle MacKay
  Director and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer and Authorized Representative in the United States)
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Neil Johnston
  Neil Johnston
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Laurida Sayed
  Laurida Sayed
  Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Michelle Felman
  Michelle Felman
  Director
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Jodie McLean
  Jodie McLean
  Director
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Jennifer J. McPeek
  Jennifer J. McPeek
  Director
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Angela Sun
  Angela Sun
  Director
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Rajesh Vennam
  Rajesh Vennam
  Director
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Brett White
  Brett White
  Director and
  Non-Executive
  Chairman
  May 16, 2025
  /s/ Billie Williamson
  Billie Williamson
  Lead Director
  May 16, 2025