Industries can rapidly change, business models can be disrupted, and regulation can force organisations to change course almost overnight. By continually scanning the horizon, CMS helps its clients to anticipate both the challenges and the opportunities headed this way. This is Future Facing Law.
In a world where innovation is business as usual, our mission is to deliver practical, business-focused advice that helps clients of every size to face the future with confidence.
Our lawyers immerse themselves in our clients' worlds, and as genuine experts in their fields, offer a grasp of detail that is second to none. We combine this with a next-generation mindset that means we can deliver innovative processes and solutions at speed, and at scale.
CMS Rodríguez-Azuero is one of the most important and recognised law firms in Colombia and throughout Latin America with more than 40 years of experience providing specialised legal advice with high management capabilities and a strategic approach. Our team of around 100 local lawyers have in-depth understanding of the commercial and market-specific features of the sectors our clients operate. We support national and international clients on day-to-day operations and in bringing a specific local and cross-border projects to a successful conclusion.
With a unique combination of expertise, our Firm is a one-stop provider to all your legal needs including day-to-day operations or local and cross-border matters.
We offer various added value services, including Law-Now and the Interactive Media Award winning RegZone which provide practical and timely knowledge relevant to your business and numerous webinars for training at your desk.
Law-Now is one of the best services I receive. If there is a new case, they will be the first off the mark.
To help you manage your account, we deliver bespoke reporting information for invoicing, matter progress, fees and work in progress, and we regularly win innovation awards for new technological solutions, for example for the desktop solution “Contract Quality” at the British Legal Awards and the Insurance Day London Market Awards.
World vision - We have deep local expertise in many jurisdictions and major global centres. CMS was ranked the second most global law firm in Am Law 2015 and has a track record of expanding to meet client needs, moving into countries such as Turkiye and Oman to support infrastructure and energy projects.
CMS is part of organisations such as the CMS Lifesciences Asia-Pacific Network and the African Legal Network. Our lawyers are not only problem solvers but anticipate issues to allow our clients to perform better. We stay on top of the news agenda, regulatory discussions and new legislation and understand how macro trends, such as the fall in oil price, affect your business.
Performance driven - CMS takes pride in first-class execution and project management with a focus on delivering results. In 2015, we were ranked number 1 for M&A in Europe by Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg (in terms of deal count, up to USD 500m).
Our approach to service delivery is the same in all our offices, based on a common training program and a shared understanding of what our clients value. All CMS lawyers, both those we recruit and those we train in-house, are focused on providing quality advice and quality service. We are smart on the detail because the detail matters. We recruit, value and nurture top talent and through regular, independent evaluations, we identify opportunities to make improvements in our service and feed this back to our lawyers.