Lee Rubin

Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Lee Rubin is a Partner in the Global Sourcing and Technology Transactions team at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. He advises on a range of commercial transactions primarily technology and complex outsourcing arrangements. He regularly advises on high value sourcing deals, whether IT or business process outsourcing, providing strategic and practical advice. He acts for both suppliers and users, works closely with clients in the financial services sector, and has spent time on secondment to a major international bank working on its regulated outsourcing arrangements. He also has extensive experience advising on software development projects, and on cloud and 'as a service' arrangements, including on related data handling and privacy issues.

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Data centre outsourcing

Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the key issues relevant to outsourcing data centre services. It discusses the main types of data centre service models and the factors to consider when choosing a supplier, namely security, data, technology, service descriptions and service levels, business continuity, encryption, supplier due diligence, contracting issues and ongoing management.

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Subcontracting in major technology services deals—the contract process

Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the contract process around subcontracting in major technology services deals. It explains the prime/subcontractor model and covers the key stages of choosing a subcontractor and involving the subcontractor in the contracting process, and also the main considerations and provisions when drafting and negotiating the subcontract and prime contract.

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