The strategic sourcing and commercial transactions team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP routinely works with a host of major global brands in the insurance, logistics, healthcare, and hospitality sectors. Based in New York, industry veteran Stephen Nordahl co-chairs the practice and focuses on ITO and BPO transactions as well as advising on complex licensing and systems implementations. From the Los Angeles office, co-chair William Peters, who has demonstrable experience serving as corporate and general counsel to ITO and HR BPO service providers respectively, specializes in large-scale business transformation agreements, ERP implementation agreements, and software licenses. Palo Alto tech and patent licensing expert Carrie LeRoy is another key individual. The New York office houses transactional attorney Daniel AngelMeghan Hungate, and Ryan Oringer. Angel primarily represents clients in complex international outsourcing transactions in connection with infrastructure and network operations, Hungate handles outsourcing for a mix of public and private clients, while Oringer is recognized for advising emerging companies on structuring tech-related commercial transactions. In Los Angeles, Kari Krusmark demonstrates strengths in the structuring and negotiation of cloud services agreements and application development services.

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  • ‘The best in the business in outsourcing and complex technology and business process optimization.’

  • ‘Deep knowledge, tireless work ethic, creative solutions, patience, and client first orientation.’

Key clients

  • Marriott International, Inc.
  • American International Group
  • Optum360
  • GXO Logistics
  • Marsh & McLennan Companies
  • Prudential Financial
  • The Hertz Corporation
  • Omnicom Group
  • Enovis Corporation
  • General Electric
  • Southern California Edison

Work highlights

  • Advised Marriott in connection with several outsourcing and technology transactions, including a digital transformation project to replace and modernize various core technology systems.
  • Advised American International Group on a variety of technology and outsourcing matters.
  • Advised Optum360 on structuring and negotiating business process outsourcing agreements with multiple clients.

Lawyers

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Stephen D. Nordahl is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office and Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Group. His practice focuses on information technology, business process, insurance third party administration and fund administration outsourcing transactions, with a particular focus on complex international transactions. He represent clients on technology related transactions, including joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing, acquisitions, systems implementations and cloud transactions. He assists clients on a wide range of distribution, supply and manufacturing agreements. His practice also has extensive disputes experience on both services and technology transactions.
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Bill Peters is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions practice group and a member of the Corporate Department and Technology Transactions practice group. He and counsels Fortune 1000 companies on a wide range of business transformation, strategic sourcing and technology-related transactions. His experience includes structuring and negotiating agreements for domestic and international business process and IT outsourcing, cloud-based computing, software development and licensing, systems implementation, and offshore sourcing transactions. These transactions have involved clients in broad range of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, energy, entertainment, financial services, hospitality and technology.
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Daniel Angel is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn's Technology Transactions Practice Group and a member of its Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Group. Daniel focuses on IP and technology licensing, commercial technology transactions (including outsourcing and SaaS arrangements), and IP and IT issues in connection with M&A and financing transactions. He has worked with a variety of clients ranging from market leaders to start-ups in a wide range of industries, including financial services, private equity funds, life sciences, specialty chemicals, insurance, energy and telecommunications.
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Meghan Hungate is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions Practice Group. Meghan represents both public and private companies and financial sponsors in connection with complex intellectual property and technology transactions issues relating to outsourcing arrangements, corporate mergers and acquisitions, venture and private equity investments, global branding, and the development, acquisition, licensing and exploitation of intellectual property. She regularly counsels clients across a range of industries including software, high-technology, energy, media, pharmaceuticals, and finance, and has significant experience in negotiating and documenting intellectual property and information technology representations and warranties, transitional services and licensing agreements, collaboration agreements and joint venture arrangements.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stephen Nordahl, William Peters

Other key lawyers

Meghan Hungate, Kari Krusmark, Ryan Oringer, Daniel Angel, Carrie LeRoy