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Matthew Bennett

Matthew Bennett

CMS, London

Position

Partner

Career

Matthew is a partner in the CMS Technology and Sourcing Team.

He specialises in advising on outsourcing, offshoring and shared services (both BPO and ITO), procurement, logistics and other strategic or complex commercial contracts and arrangements. He assists clients in all phases of their commercial relationships from designing procurement processes through to disputes and exits.

He has extensive experience advising customers and suppliers across a wide range of sectors, with a particular focus in Retail and Technology, Media & Communications..

His clients include some of the largest IT and outsourcing suppliers in Europe as well as large multinational consumers of IT, business process and outsourcing services.

Before returning to private practice (in 2010) Matthew was the UK General Counsel for the largest technology service provider in the UK. In this role he was responsible for the negotiation of some the largest outsourcing transactions in Europe, including some of the most high profile transactions with the UK Government,  and he also sat on UK Board which oversaw the delivery of the these projects.

Education

1995 - University of Otago, New Zealand 1995 - Barrister and Solicitor - New Zealand 2000 – Attorney - New York Bar 2002 – Solicitor - England and Wales

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