CMS Rodríguez-Azuero

Sergio is Founding Partner and head of the Banking & Finance practice and co-leader of the Dispute Resolution area for the Firm.

Founding Partner

Sergio Rodríguez Azuero is a Founding Partner and Head of the Banking & Finance practice, and co-head of the Dispute Resolution practice.

He is widely recognised as a leading authority in banking and financial law, with a practice focused on banking regulation, financial contracts, capital markets, insurance, and fiduciary law and trust structures. In parallel, he advises on complex litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution matters.

Sergio has an outstanding academic and institutional profile. He is Honorary and Emeritus Professor of Commercial Law and Director of the postgraduate programme in Financial Law at Universidad del Rosario. He also serves as arbitrator at the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce and is a former member of its Court of Arbitration.

He is a member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, the Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance, and the Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence. He has held prominent leadership roles, including President of the Colombian Trust Association and Director of the Colombian Banking Association. He has also been awarded the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour by the French Government.

Sergio is the author of several leading publications, including The Responsibility of the Trustee (1977), Banking Contracts – Its Significance in Latin America (7th ed., 2021), and Trust Agreements – Its Significance in Latin America (2nd ed., 2017). He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.

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Arbitrator of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce He was Member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Succesal and Trust Law –TIAETL- Member of the Reform Commission of the Financial Sector created by the Government in 1982 He was President of the Rosarista Club He was Coordinator of the Study Committee of the “Financial Sector” in the campaign of President Gaviria He was President of the Colombo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry He was President of the “Metropolitan Club” He was Judge in numerous Arbitration Courts He was Member of the G-3 Convention (Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela) He was President of the European Circle of Bogotá Corresponding Member of the Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence and Member of its Legal Analysis He has been Counselor for the Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario during two periods He was Co-judge of the Constitutional Court He was Advisor of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in the current Financial Reform Member of the Colegio de Abogados Comercialistas Member of the Colombian Association of Insurance Law –ACOLDESE- Member of the Colegio de Abogados Rosaristas

1966. Lawyer - Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. Bogotá, Colombia.