have a Mexico desk.
But Primerus firm Spicer Rudstrom can.
For three months last year, the firm
housed an attorney from fellow Primerus
firm Cacheaux Cavazos & Newton (CCN) in
Mexico, offering local Tennessee businesses
face-to-face time with an attorney who
could answer all their questions about doing
business in Mexico.
This partnership is just one example
of the countless ways Primerus firms
collaborate to better serve clients with
access to the highest quality legal counsel
locally and around the world. As a result,
and seeing Primerus firms as a viable and
preferable alternative to big law.
Felipe Chapula, partner at CCN, points
to one such client who contacted Spicer
Rudstrom to set up a meeting when they
learned about the Mexico attorney exchange
program.
"This enables medium-sized firms such
as CCN and Spicer Rudstrom to provide
services to a client that normally would do
business only with a 600-plus lawyer firm,"
Chapula said. "It shows how good law firms
with good people and reasonable rates with
this international footprint are of interest to
larger clients that, even as we speak, tend to
send their work to these huge law firms."
opportunities than ever for members and
clients to connect around the world through
webinars, as well as in-person events in
cities including London, England; Sydney,
Australia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Paris,
France; Miami, Florida; and several other
cities throughout the United States.
In addition to the annual Primerus
Defense Institute (PDI) Convocation,
Primerus also will host the first Primerus
International Convocation May 3-5 in
Miami, Florida. Clients from around the
world are invited to attend the event, where
they'll attend legal education sessions
and social outings, allowing them to get to