Outsourcing: Overview
Osler’s internationally recognized outsourcing advisory team has decades of industry-leading experience in helping our clients achieve their outsourcing goals. We provide cost-effective, value-added and practical legal advice, anchored by mutual trust, open communication and close personal relationships with our clients. Our success has been built upon the following differentiating factors:
- Relationship – We understand that successful outsourcings are based on a “win-win” collaboration between service provider and customer. We have a reputation for assisting our clients in achieving this goal.
- Facilitative Approach – We have earned a reputation for having a practical and facilitative approach to negotiations.
- Industry Insight – Our lawyers are leaders in a variety of industry organizations, ensuring that they develop and maintain substantial state-of-the-art industry insight and understand industry norms.
- Cost Effectiveness – We understand the importance of delivering value. We work with our clients to develop fee estimates and strategies for ensuring legal costs are consistent with our client’s expectations.
- Experience –Our lawyers have been advising customers and service providers in significant outsourcings for 25 years.
Recognition
Osler is recognized in the world’s leading surveys. Osler’s outsourcing practice was ranked at the highest level for Canada in the PLC Which Lawyer? 2011 Yearbook. Osler’s information technology practice was ranked among the top firms in Canada by Chambers Global 2011: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business where sources say that Osler is “remains a strong force in the IT space.” Osler was also ranked as one of the top six firms in Canada by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011.