International expertise & a market leading team & on your side & delivering success & developing relationships & supporting you throughout the project & that's Outsourcing with Bird & Bird

Our experience stretches back over 20 years and includes advising on some of the most complex and innovative outsourcing transactions undertaken anywhere in the world. We're an international and fully integrated team, making us uniquely placed to support you on global and pan-European transactions.

We advise you throughout the lifecycle of an outsourcing relationship, from the initial structuring of a deal through the procurement process to contract negotiation, transition and implementation. We have unparalleled expertise in advising on contract management issues and also regularly advise on re-tenderings and exit planning matters. 

We've advised major corporates across a variety of industry sectors, financial institutions and government departments, as well as a number of leading outsourcing vendors. 

Head of Group: Mark Leach in London.

Recent highlights of work

  • Advising BT plc on a £640 million extension of its telecommunications outsourcing contract with the UK Ministry of Defence.
  • Advising Catlin Group (a global specialty insurance and reinsurance group) on a global wide area network outsourcing to Verizon covering the vast majority of Catlin's sites worldwide.
  • Advising a major insurer on a complex policy administration and IT outsourcing with a total contract value in excess of £500 million.

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  1. 2312-2019

    Tech & Comms 2020 Predictions

    For a third consecutive year we have asked our technology & communications law specialists from around the world to identify the challenges and opportunities they expect the sector to face in 2020.

  2. 1911-2019

    Review of Danish outsourcing rules for the financial services sector

    On 15 November 2019, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authorities (Danish FSA) published a consultation of a new bill with the aim of aligning the outsourcing regulation for financial institutions, including e-money and ...

  3. 2908-2019

    International Comparative Legal Guide to: Outsourcing 2019

    The 4th edition of International Comparative Legal Guide to: Outsourcing 2019 is a practical cross-border insight into outsourcing work. Mark Leach, Head of our International Outsourcing Practice Group, acted as ...

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