As part of our leading mergers and acquisitions and general corporate transaction practices, we are actively involved in negotiating and preparing outsourcing and related business services agreements for our clients in the IT and manufacturing sectors. Our outsourcing practice group is comprised of experienced corporate lawyers with the necessary expertise, skill set and industry knowledge required to effectively represent our clients in sophisticated outsourcing transactions.
We have acted as counsel to the following clients in connection with the following matters:
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Celestica Inc. in connection with manufacturing outsourcing transactions in the United States, Ireland, Italy, Brazil and Japan with leading OEMs such as Lucent, Avaya, Motorola, IBM, HP and NEC.
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CGI in the establishment by Canada Post and CGI of an information technology services company to provide all IT services to the Canada Post Group as well as to other postal organizations worldwide. This is a ten-year arrangement valued at Cdn$3.5 billion.
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A major Canadian retailer in the outsourcing of its business applications portfolio and IT infrastructure. This was the first client of IBM’s Global Services Retail Solutions Centre in Montreal, requiring innovative approaches and solutions.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency in connection with the provision by Compaq of WADA’s IT infrastructure. Davies acted for WADA.
