Global Outsourcing Symposium

DLA Piper
160 Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HT

Join us on Wednesday, 5 June 2024 and immerse yourself in the dynamic world of outsourcing, covering BPO and ITO services.

Hosted at our London office, this one-day conference promises to be highly interactive, giving you the opportunity to engage with your peers on where the market is today and where it is heading. Our range of legal and non-legal luminaries will offer insights, share ideas and invite discussion in what promises to be a highly rewarding and thought-provoking day.

Arrival and networking

Welcome and outline of the day – Kit Burden, Partner, Intellectual Property & Technology, DLA Piper

Plenary one: Current outlook for the global outsourcing market – Suresh James Paypulli, Director, ISG

Plenary two: Key Contracting Themes and Current Negotiation Issues – Kit Burden, Partner, Intellectual Property & Technology, DLA Piper

Breakout session one: Please choose one option using the RSVP link above

Networking lunch
With an opportunity to join discussion themed tables. Please share any topics you would like to see discussed here.

Plenary three: Planning, preparing and executing a successful strategy for engaging with employees and employee representative bodies:

• Lee Harding, Partner, Employment, DLA Piper
• Pilar Menor Sanchez, Global Co-Chair, Employment, DLA Piper
• Nils Grunicke, Counsel, Employment, DLA Piper
• Nicolas Leger, Partner, Employment, DLA Piper

Breakout session two: Please choose one option using the RSVP link below

Coffee break

Plenary four: Against the backdrop of ESG and increased employee activism, we are witnessing a rise in class action type outsourcing disputes – Christina Sharma and Jeremy Sher, Partners, Litigation & Regulatory, DLA Piper

Closing panels:

Get set for success: setting up your deal:

• Imran Syed, Partner, Tech & Sourcing, DLA Piper
• Naveen Mehta, Director, HCLTech
• Richard Scott, Founder, The Deal Coach
• Juan Diaz, Head of Digital Finance BPO and UK&I, Cognizant

Breaking up is hard to do: considering key aspects of termination, exit and/or retender:

• Simon Kenyon, Partner, Litigation & Regulatory, DLA Piper
• Chloe Forster, Partner, Intellectual Property & Technology, DLA Piper
• Nick Thomas, Senior Executive Counsel, International L&E Leader, GE Vernova
• John Hayward, General Counsel and Corporate VP, WNS Global Services (UK) Limited
• Richard Osborne, Barrister, 4 Pump Court

Closing remarks – Kit Burden, Partner, Intellectual Property & Technology, DLA Piper

Networking drinks