Innovation
Overview
We are committed to innovation and to providing our clients with the best possible support for their innovations – or for joint innovations. In addition to innovation teams in all the main practice areas, which hold weekly meetings to discuss relevant issues, our steadily growing special Smart Solutions unit is a highly tangible example of the importance we attach to innovation. The unit combines knowledge management, alternative sourcing and legal tech, with a specific focus on innovation in legal IT, knowledge transfer and the way services are delivered. Most of its staff are based in an innovative office at the EUREF campus in Berlin. The team has grown continuously and currently numbers more than 40 dedicated employees.
When looking at any innovative idea or technology, we ask ourselves two questions: Does it help to solve a real-world problem? Does it really benefit our clients or our firm? Innovation and disruption should not be an end in themselves.
At CMS, innovation means offering clients new, high-quality services and creating new ways to access our service portfolio. Our firm’s structure and direction therefore continue to evolve.
Technology toolkit
There are many ways in which the legal sector can leverage technology to make processes simpler and more efficient. CMS has been using innovative third-party tools for many years to support a range of internal and external processes. Unlike its competitors, CMS also has a long history of developing its own tools wherever this approach delivers the best results.
Our products and solutions
CMS has already developed many technical solutions to provide support around the specific legal, regulatory and business challenges you face. Integrating our solutions and the associated legal services into your legal department allows you to automate processes, embed expertise into specific work steps and make workflows more efficient.
The list of solutions includes products that can be deployed completely independently; predesigned solutions that use technology and preintegrated expertise to deliver standardised conventional advice in processes and for personnel deployment, putting it on a completely new footing and enabling entirely new insights; and free/freemium tools for everyday use.
We also offer development of customised solutions to meet your company’s specific needs. Please contact us for details.
Online knowledge services
Innovation depends on new knowledge. CMS is strongly committed to promoting current awareness internally. We will be happy to help you stay up to date with the latest industry regulations, thereby allowing you to identify and overcome emerging challenges to your business. Our online services enable us to offer quick and easy access to relevant legal knowledge.
Local market knowledge. Global outlook
We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.
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