Mills & Reeve LLP

Tel: 0844 561 0011
Website: http://www.mills-reeve.com
Contact: Raith Pickup - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

We are among the 50 largest UK law firms and have a large team of specialists in outsourcing, joint ventures and long term partnering agreements.

Our commercial clients include global and UK based businesses, FTSE and AIM listed organizations, private companies and start ups. We advise central government departments such as the Ministry of Defence, more than 70 Universities and colleges, over 100 healthcare trusts and NHS bodies and 65 local authorities. Much of our work is at the interface of the public and private sectors. Our experience of acting for purchases and suppliers means we deliver effective solutions to get deals done. We have been one of the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to work for since 2004. We have offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, London, Manchester and Norwich.

Morrison & Foerster

Tel: +44 (0)20 7920 4000
Website: http://www.mofo.com/sourcing
Contact: Alistair Maughan - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Morrison & Foerster is one of the largest international law firms. Our Global Sourcing practice, with a team of over 60 experienced outsourcing lawyers, provides a top-tier outsourcing advice. We offer three ingredients that are key to deal success: experience, scale, and collaborative leadership. We have decades of experience representing leading enterprises on their mission critical outsourcing projects; a market-leading presence in the United States, Asia, and Europe; and a strongly-collaborative approach which fosters positive working relationships and productive deal dynamics.

Mphasis

Tel: +44 (0)175 3217 700
Website: http://www.mphasis.com
Contact: Irene Hemmer - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

MphasiS is a leading applications services, remote infrastructure services and business process outsourcing services provider. The company delivers real improvements in business performance for clients through a combination of technology know-how, domain and process expertise. With over 34,000 people, MphasiS services clients in financial services & insurance, healthcare, communications, transportation, consumer & retail industries and to governments around the world. To know more, please visit http://www.MphasiS.com.

Netforte Ltd

Tel: +44 (0)20 3178 2413
Website: http://www.netforte.eu/
Contact: Nigel Lowey - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Leaders in IT Cost & Efficiency Management, Netforte offers a range of proven services including Data Centre Operations & Management, Project Prioritisation, and Rapid Efficiency Assessment.

An established and successful services company of 40+ technical and business consultants delivering immediate and sustainable IT cost reductions while improving service, Netforte specialises in assessing efficiency and helping companies define their own cost & efficiency standards.

As experienced specialists ourselves we understand IT management’s challenge of trying to improve service while controlling costs. Our existing clients are ALL blue-chip: they include Vodafone, Microsoft, Nordea Bank, and IBM.

We provide real expertise across many industry sectors, including Telecoms, Banking, IT, Utilities and Retail.  We’ve experts in enterprise server, networks & storage management, service and project management, application development and testing, Billing, CRM, Computer Telephony Integration & Campaign Management.

Contact us to discuss reducing your costs, or setting up your own business efficiency office.

NIIT Technologies Limited

Tel: +44 (0)20 7033 5900
Website: http://www.niit-tech.com
Contact: Paul Hope - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

NIIT Technologies is a global IT and BPO solutions organisation, with presence in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Ranking among India’s Top IT services players, the company offers a range of services in the areas of Application Development Management and Enterprise Solutions, encompassing Managed Services, Testing Services, Business Process Outsourcing, Customer Services, Customer Acquisition and Direct Marketing (research and market survey).

The company has built differentiators in industry verticals such as Banking, Building Societies Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Travel, Transportation and Logistics (TTL), Retail and Distribution, based on its deep domain knowledge and new approaches to customer experience management.

These strengths, coupled with robust outsourcing capabilities and a dual shore delivery model, have made NIIT Technologies a preferred partner for global majors. Deep and enduring customer engagements have become a hallmark of NIIT Technologies, providing clients with new age solutions that have evolved and matured into long-term relationships.

Ofsure Ltd

Tel: + 44 (0)19 2649 4362
Website: http://www.ofsure.com
Contact: Richard Cribb - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Ofsure is an independent specialist advisory company that helps bring the costs and quality benefits of global sourcing to all sizes of commercial enterprises. Knowing where and how to access such services can be difficult, time consuming and at times risky, that’s where Ofsure can help you.

Ofsure will advise, guide and support the client through every stage of process, starting with identifying which IT activities are best off-shored, after that Ofsure can lead or support the procurement process right up to service transition and beyond. We also ensure that the clients own employees benefit from knowledge transfer and up-skilling, leaving the client experienced to operate business as usual

Olswang LLP

Tel: +44 (0)207 067 3000
Website: http://www.olswang.com
Contact: Nigel Swycher - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Olswang is a leading business law firm with a distinctive approach. Our pioneering and problem-solving ethos has established a commanding reputation in the TMT sector, as well as a wide range of other industries.

Founded in 1981, our Firm has grown to a team of over 600, including more than 95 partners, across four European offices. Olswang also has a long-established best friends’ network of law firms throughout the world.

Our Outsourcing and Technology practice continues to be recognized as leading and, in 2009, we were voted TMT Team of the Year 2009 for the second year running at the annual Legal Business Awards; we were short-listed for NOA Outsourcing Advisor of the Year; and we received “stand out” award level status at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards for outstanding contribution to outsourcing best practice and innovation.

At Olswang the passion of our lawyers, the confidence of our approach and the commercial edge to our advice provide a unique and compelling service.

Op2i - Outsourcing Solutions for the Mid Market

Tel: +44 (0) 207 193 4339
Website: http://www.Op2i.com
Contact: Bharat Vagadia -

Op2i is a Business Improvement Firm Specialising in Outsourcing for Mid Market companies.

We provide and combine advisory and implementation services throughout the Sourcing Lifecycle. Advisory services to get the sourcing decision right and implementation services to get the most from outsourcing, complemented by training to ensure our client organisation’s personnel are fully abreast of the outsourcing process and equipped to drive the outsourcing programme within the organisation.

We leverage our experience to ensure clients outsource the right processes / functions for the right reasons, to the right location and to the right service providers.

We provide brokerage services to pre-screened service providers which helps clients go-to market quickly, at reduced the cost and risk.

We offer managed outsourcing solutions (from undertaking programme management on behalf of clients to fully managing the outsourcing contract on a client’s behalf), where clients effectively transfer risk onto Op2i. Our experience and deep knowledge enables us to better manage this risk than our clients.

Opal

Tel: +44 (0)1727 734300
Website: http://www.opal-uk.com/
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OPAL specialises in launching own label life, pension and investment products on behalf of major financial services clients. Within its market OPAL is one of the leading third party financial product developers and administrators in the UK. Its clients include Prudential, Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS, Abbey, LV=, HSBC, Investec and Virgin, among others. An FSA-regulated organsiation founded in 1984, OPAL has been built to enable companies to launch their own products into the marketplace by providing the product development; marketing; access to appropriate financial and insurance markets; IT; compliance; and staff resourcing.  OPAL can provide all front end web systems linked to its highly flexible back office platform, and the business also employs over 100 staff, who are highly skilled in the FS marketplace.  The combination of these capabilities enables OPAL to launch a new product quickly and cost-effectively to market - within 30-60 days.

Osborne Clarke

Tel: +44 (0)20 7105 7000
Website: http://www.osborneclarke.com/default.asp
Contact: Lara Burch - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Osborne Clarke is one of Europe’s most respected and dynamic law firms.  The firm’s success is the result of delivering excellent business-focused legal advice in an energetic, straightforward and efficient way. It advises market leading and high performing organisations on their UK and international legal needs from its City, national and European offices and the Osborne Clarke Alliance.

Osborne Clarke’s dedicated Strategic Sourcing team can advise at all stages of the decision-making process, and across the full spectrum of sourcing options. The team consists of around 40 people, including 15 commercial lawyers in the UK, four in Germany, and specialists from tax, employment and litigation. Members of the team have extensive experience in advising on sourcing matters and meet regularly to share legal and commercial know-how.

Industry expertise spans sectors including technology and telecoms; life sciences; energy and natural resources; retail; media (including marketing services, interactive entertainment and publishing); PPP/PFI, real estate and finance.