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Rebecca Andersen

Bristows
Rebecca is an experienced commercial, outsourcing and technology specialist who also advises on data protection/privacy matters. She is a member of Bristows' Commercial, IP and IT team.

Rebecca’s primary focus is complex contracts and strategic projects. However, she routinely advises on “business as usual” matters. Her experience includes IT and services outsourcings, IT systems/services procurements, software/technology development and licensing, cloud, IaaS, SaaS and other “aaS” arrangements, transformation projects, e-commerce, white labelling, and services, agency and distribution arrangements.

Rebecca also has a particular interest in data protection/privacy. She advises on a range of matters, including GDPR readiness, governance, cross-border data transfers, data losses, and subject access requests.

Rebecca’s experience spans a broad range of sectors, including IT/Technology, financial services, government, retail, transport, energy, manufacturing and waste.

Rebecca has also spent time in-house with a major UK retail group, a major UK automotive group and central government.

Having worked in both private practice and in-house and for public and private sector clients, Rebecca understands the importance of simple clear advice, good communication and creative thinking. She works with her clients to really understand their businesses and build effective relationships, so that she can provide pragmatic “real world” solutions.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1997

Experience

  • Dentons (2012 - 2017)
  • Gateley Legal (2007 - 2012)
  • Steeles Law (2005 - 2007)

Membership

  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • Society for Computers and Law
  • Tech UK

Qualifications

  • Direito (2001)
  • Legal Practice Course (2005)
  • Bachelor of Law with European Legal Studies (LLB) (2002)

Education

  • University of Southampton (2002)
  • Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (2001)
  • Nottingham Law School (2005)

1 Contributions by Rebecca Andersen

Outsourcing Transactions: A Customer-Side Legal Guide from Strategy and Scoping to Procurement, Contracting, Delivery, Governance, and Exit/Renewal
PRACTICE NOTES
Outsourcing Transactions: A Customer-Side Legal Guide from Strategy and Scoping to Procurement, Contracting, Delivery, Governance, and Exit/Renewal
This Practice Note sets out an overview of outsourcing arrangements and maps the principal stages of a standard outsourcing lifecycle, viewed chiefly from the customer’s perspective: Characteristics of outsourcing deals Why organisations outsource The lifecycle of a typical outsourcing deal Analyse requirements Scope project Commercial considerations Technical considerations Regulatory impact Deal structure Offshore/near shore and cloud services Procurement process Selection and contract Delivery and contract management Contract end/renewal Outsourcing is often intricate, yet with a methodical plan and clear objectives it can be directed in a disciplined way. Adopting a structured approach enables customers to set realistic targets, define how performance will be measured, and contract on terms that support the delivery of those aims. Characteristics of outsourcing deals An outsourcing arrangement passes responsibility for providing a service to an external supplier (or from one supplier to another). These transactions are usually more involved than simple supply contracts because they frequently include the transfer of staff, assets and underpinning contracts, alongside the service delivery itself...
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