OUTSOURCING

Experience counts in structuring and negotiating outsourcing contracts, and that’s why businesses choose to work with Bracewell. Our lawyers have worked on some of the largest, most complex outsourcing transactions, including ground-breaking deals that set precedent and shaped the industry. Consistently ranked in Chambers Global, Chambers & Partners USA, Legal 500 and other ranking publications as among the best lawyers in the industry, we provide advice on virtually all types of outsourcings. Throughout the past decade, our lawyers acted on outsourcing deals with a combined value of over $25 billion.

We understand that we must not only resolve our clients’ legal needs, but also generate value. Drawing upon our deep understanding of industry practices and market trends, we advise clients in structuring and negotiating innovative and comprehensive contracts based on their business requirements, objectives and constraints. Working collaboratively with in-house counsel and external advisors allows us to leverage our practical experience to better understand the critical business and technical issues inherent in outsourcing transactions and off er creative and practical solutions. We have dealt with every major multinational and Indian outsourcing vendor, and understand their approaches to deal-making and execution. We advise clients across all industries, including energy, financial services, consumer products, retail, manufacturing, and commercial aviation.

Outsourcing

International casual dining restaurant companystructuring and negotiating an agreement for IT infrastructure services

Major international bankrestructuring and renegotiating an existing IT outsourcing agreement

National commercial aviation companystructuring and negotiating outsourcing agreements for data center, IT infrastructure, and application development and maintenance services

National media companynegotiating a strategic so� ware as a service (SaaS) cloud services agreement

Oil field services companystructuring and negotiating an outsourcing agreement for information technology (IT) infrastructure services and an agreement for international co-location services

Texas-based utility companystructuring and negotiating strategic sourcing agreements for the supply of goods and services as diverse as steel, cable, transformers, engineering services, and field services

Our recent notable matters include advising on the following:

“Esteemed group well versed in handling complex outsourcing transactions, acting for clients across a wide range of industries including commercial aviation, fi nancial services, manufacturing, energy and retail. Maintains an excellent reputation for its work with multinational outsourcing vendors.”

— Chambers USA (2016)

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