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Overview | Types of Transactions
Overview
Vinson & Elkins' Outsourcing Transactions Practice represents buyers and sellers of technology and technology-related goods and services. Our highly experienced lawyers have a wide range of relevant education and experience - including lawyers with advanced software programming and development experience and lawyers with extensive experience as in-house counsel at leading technology companies.
- We help our clients evaluate, structure, negotiate and document major domestic and international transactions involving all types of technology acquisition, distribution and licensing matters. We work with our clients on the full range of issues that arise in these transactions.
- We help our clients develop and enhance their e-business initiatives.
- We counsel our clients on the impact of the evolving regulatory and legal framework for e-business, including privacy, e-signature, UETA, UCITA and HIPAA issues.
- We assist our clients with identifying, assessing and protecting their intellectual property rights.
- We represent our clients in re-negotiating their technology contracts as their business needs evolve.
- We counsel our clients in connection with "troubled" technology deals. In situations where the parties are unable to resolve their differences, V&E;'s trial lawyers have extensive experience mediating, arbitrating and litigating disputes arising out of technology contracts.
Our clients range from emerging technology companies to Fortune 50 global corporations, and represent a broad range of industries, including technology, energy, health care, retail, transportation, insurance, real estate management and non-profits. We represent clients in technology-driven transactions in the U.S. as well as Asia, Europe and the Americas. We have experience negotiating with leading suppliers across all product categories, from enterprise-class suppliers such as IBM and CSC to dozens of niche suppliers.
We work closely with our clients' in-house counsel, consultants and operations, technical, financial, tax and human resources teams to staff, plan, negotiate, close, implement and manage their technology transactions in a high-quality, expeditious and cost-effective manner.
When appropriate, we include lawyers from our overseas offices on our teams to support high-tech transactions with international implications.
Through periodic E-lert e-mail notices, we advise clients and friends of emerging technology issues that affect their businesses.
We look forward to the opportunity to assist you.
Types of Transactions
We help our clients evaluate, structure, negotiate and document major domestic and international transactions involving:
- technology and business process outsourcing;
- enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and other strategic software licensing and implementation projects;
- e-procurement initiatives;
- software development;
- software licensing, including shrink-wrap, click-wrap and web-wrap licenses;
- systems integration;
- technology transfer;
- intellectual property licensing;
- hardware acquisition and leasing;
- consulting; and
- other critical technology distribution, procurement and implementation transactions and initiatives.
We also help our clients structure, negotiate and document distribution agreements, OEM and VAR agreements, mergers and acquisitions, joint marketing agreements, joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Issues
In connection with technology and licensing transactions, we advise clients on a full range of issues, including:
- sourcing strategies;
- competitive and sole source procurements;
- requests for proposals;
- proposal review and analysis;
- multi-vendor negotiations;
- service level agreements;
- telecommunications issues;
- cross-border issues;
- compliance with export laws;
- intellectual property matters;
- transfers of personnel and assets;
- state, Federal and international tax planning;
- financing alternatives;
- regulatory issues;
- insurance issues;
- antitrust issues; and
- human resources and benefits matters.
e-Business
We help our clients develop and enhance their e-business initiatives, including:
- internet and e-commerce businesses and projects;
- website development;
- application service provider (ASP) agreements; and
- website and application hosting.
Intellectual Property
We assist our clients with identifying, assessing and protecting their intellectual property rights, and exploring ways to maximize the value of their IP rights, including:
- patents;
- copyrights;
- trademarks;
- trade secrets;
- brand development and protection;
- research and development agreements;
- infringement and validity studies and opinions; and
- IP due diligence in connection with mergers, acquisitions and other transactions.
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