Outsourcing
Outsourcing
Jones Day’s strategic sourcing lawyers take a practical, market-based approach to advising clients, leveraging our extensive experience on both sides of the table to creatively resolve issues, allowing businesses to focus on creating collaborative and lasting relationships.
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Jones Day’s strategic sourcing lawyers take a practical, market-based approach to advising clients, leveraging our extensive experience on both sides of the table to creatively resolve issues, allowing businesses to focus on creating collaborative and lasting relationships.
In a global market, successful companies leverage technology, business processes, outsourcing, and offshoring to expand, compete, and reduce costs. Jones Day has represented clients in strategic sourcing since the early 1990s and our lawyers have been involved in the industry for almost 25 years. We advise clients throughout the sourcing cycle, from deal structure and RFP development, to contract negotiation, renegotiation, and termination. Our global presence allows us to handle large, cross-border transactions, and our experienced lawyers allow efficient staffing of smaller transactions that are a growing segment of the industry. Our market knowledge, experience, and deal philosophy allow us to tailor our approach to meet our clients' specific business objectives.
Since 2005, Chambers USA has recognized our team as one of the leading outsourcing practices in the U.S. and our lawyers have been recognized both at a national and local level, including rankings in Tier 1, during that period. Our London practice is consistently recommended by both Chambers and the Legal 500.
Our Approach
With the broad market perspective gained from our strong customer- and provider-side practices, our strategic sourcing lawyers adhere to a practical, market-based philosophy in advising clients. We use our knowledge of proven solutions and market norms to resolve issues efficiently, allowing the parties to focus on the commercial transaction. With each transaction, we evaluate the client’s needs and model our approach based on the process being sourced, time constraints, cost considerations, and allocation of responsibilities among the various participants.
In conducting negotiations, we are sensitive to the unique nature of this industry. Signing a sourcing contract is just the beginning of a long-term relationship that must be collaborative to succeed. The manner and style of the contract negotiation sets the tone for the relationship. We believe the negotiation should reflect awareness of this dynamic. We focus on the big picture, help our clients navigate through difficult issues, and help them avoid unintended consequences.
Diverse Experience across Industries and Processes
We have represented some of the world’s largest companies involving transactions across many industries, including automotive, energy, financial services, transportation, technology, consumer packaged goods, healthcare services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail, and telecommunications. Our sourcing experience includes infrastructure, ADM, and a variety of business processes, including facilities management, customer care, F&A, HR, real estate management, logistics, procurement, and item processing.
Global Capabilities for Offshore Outsourcing
Leveraging Jones Day’s global footprint and One Firm Worldwide culture, we offer an integrated approach to multijurisdiction transactions. Maintaining awareness of cost and time efficiencies, as necessary, we call upon lawyers in offices worldwide for assistance with regional and international tax issues, transfer of personnel issues, and privacy and data security regulations. In particular, Jones Day’s offices in Asia provide unique resources for sourcing transactions involving locations throughout Asia.
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