Our values

A teamworking approach

You operate in a market that demands highly specialised knowledge, skills and aptitude from your advisers.

Our organisational structure based around Practice Area Groups (PAGs) and Sector Groups (SGs) enables us to provide this depth of expertise.
Our PAG's focus on developing legal knowledge and technical legal issues within our core legal disciplines.
Our SG's focus on the industry sector expertise in order to respond to our clients’ business needs.
Our teams are fully integrated, which means they can easily adapt to our clients’ needs and expectations and deliver multi-faceted solutions specific to each case.

An entrepreneurial commitment

You are looking for a partner who is entrepreneurial and who can proactively deliver a solution on time and within budget. You require a partner who is both pragmatic, engaged and talented and has the desire to work with you.

We are entrepreneurs ourselves and we know that running your own business can be tough and time consuming. We are always available for immediate assistance whenever your business needs us.
We offer a high cost/benefit ratio, which provides you with legally strong and convincing solutions at competitive fees.
We run comprehensive training programs via the CMS Academy for partners and associates to develop entrepreneurial, management, human resources skills and improve business understanding.

At home in Europe

You require a consistent legal package to support both national and cross-border deals.

CMS DeBacker is the Belgian member of CMS, the organisation of nine high quality and major independent European law firms, providing clients with legal and tax services across Europe and beyond, based on a thorough understanding of your business and industry sector.
Our clients receive a consistent level of service and advice from all CMS firms as you would expect from a single organisation.
With CMS you benefit from the personal service and market sensitivity that are the hallmarks of each CMS member.
We develop an international approach by inter-firm secondments via the CMS Academy for partners and associates to harmonise processes and improve business understanding.