Optimising OPEX & CAPEX World Forum 2008

Pre-Conference Workshop – Tuesday 24th June 2008

Obtaining Legal Guidance Throughout the Outsourcing Process

Agenda

Session 1 - The Importance of Involving the Legal Team Right from the Start

• Initial project strategy and risk analysis
• Contracting for outcomes, incomes or inputs
• Procurement strategy – key issues

• Transfer of employees
• Consultation and communication
• Pensions and ancillary benefits
• Managing transfers

Session 3 - Vital Points to Include in the Contract

• Requirement and performance measurement
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Implementation testing/transition/acceptance
• Project assets
• Financial issues (payment mechanisms, incentives/penalties)

Session 4 - How to Cover Yourself and How to Amend the Contract

• Flexibility and change control
• Financial distress and step-in
• Cost and performance monitoring
• Exit management

Session 5 - Q&A

Timings

• 09.30 Registration
• 10.00 Session One
• 11.15 Coffee Break
• 11.30 Session Two
• 12.45 Lunch
• 13.45 Session Three
• 15.00 Coffee Break
• 15.15 Session Four
• 16.30 Q & A
• 17.00 Close of Workshop

About Your Workshop Leader

Andrew Sharpe, Partner, Charles Russell LLP

Andrew practices information technology, intellectual property and telecommunications law. He regularly lectures on regulatory and commercial aspects of telecommunications, as well as on public procurement, information technology, data protection and freedom of information issues. In addition to extensive European Union experience, Andrew has advised on telecommunications issues in Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East. He has also acted as the Legal Affairs Director of the national telecommunications regulatory authority in Bahrain, on secondment from Charles Russell

Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, Andrew was a Royal Air Force engineering officer. He was a communications electronics specialist, responsible for the maintenance of airfi eld radio, radar, telecommunications and information technology systems

Andrew has both a BSc in Electronic Engineering and an LLB (First Class) from Southampton University. Andrew qualified in 1999 and prior to joining Charles Russell in 2002 was a telecommunications regulatory lawyer at Clifford Chance

He was made a partner in 2007