Having hired a significant team from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP in 2023, the rapidly growing outsourcing and complex contracting group at Clifford Chance is well-positioned to handle in business critical and complex contracts within the domestic and global market. The firm operates across the fintech, retail, and financial services sectors, where it regularly handles digital transformation initiatives. Meighan O’Reardon’s scope of work includes advising Fortune 500 companies on strategic outsourcing projects, software licensing arrangements, and data privacy measures, while James McPhillips covers SaaS transactions and negotiates procurements of generative AI products. Ash Masrani handles various tech arrangements, including data center outsourcing and cloud computing arrangements. In New York, Vipul Nishawala assists suppliers and financial institutions with maintenance and development agreements in addition to handling strategic HR outsourcings. Unless otherwise mentioned, all named individuals are based in Washington DC.

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Meighan O'Reardon, Vipul Nishawala, James McPhillips, Ash Masrani