Multisourcing in Financial Services
24/05/2012
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E-Outsourcing
The technology bug
The maxim, "the future belongs to those who prepare for it today" applies especially to the business world. You needn't look far to see how today's leading companies may end up in tomorrow's business obituary.
What does it all mean?
E-outsourcing is all about harnessing never-ending technological advances in a way which works for your business. Whether you wish to use crowd sourcing to tap in to 24/7 access to global expertise at discounted rates or want to reduce IT capital investment and maintenance costs by adopting a cloud computing model, complex challenges are presented (legal and otherwise).
In an age where email is a predominant form of communication, documents are word-processed and banking is done electronically, IT systems form a crucial part of the support systems of any business. As businesses increasing rely on its IT capabilities to help it stand out from the crowd it is more important than ever to ensure that the legal structure supporting your technology requirements is both dynamic and robust. We can assist you with this.
Making sense of it all
We’re here to guide you through the process, whatever your needs. Our approach goes beyond just legal advice – we can provide strategic planning, risk management and project facilitation for all your outsourcing and technology requirements.
Our expert team has in-depth experience of advising and guiding our clients through all aspects of e-outsourcing, from the initial scoping document to the negotiation of your contracts. We will happily manage transactions from beginning to end, from developing the business case, to due diligence, negotiation, completion and contract management.
No e-outsourcing project can be undertaken in isolation as inevitably it may impact a business's assets, property, people and contracts. Our multi-disciplinary approach means we can flag any potential issues at an early stage to better help you achieve your commercial objectives. We are experienced in:
- Identifying the best structure for your business
- Preparing & negotiating the right documentation
- Developing appropriate charging structures & performance incentives
- Formalising quality standards and service level agreements
- Protecting your position with benchmarking, change control and exit management
- Addressing business continuity and disaster recovery issues
- Advising on intellectual property & technology ownership and use
- Employee transfers & pension issues
- Addressing tax issues
- Real estate issues
- Dispute resolution
For those organisations who do business via the internet our specialist lawyers can all assist you with all aspects of E-Commerce, M-Commerce and Social Media
Your Contacts
Craig Chaplin
National Head of Commercial & IP
DD +44 (0)161 604 1642
M +44 (0)7801 583 882
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