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Alison Beal

Alison
Beal

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CONTACT INFO

abeal@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+44(0)20 7071 4290

FAX:+44(0)20 7070 9290

London

Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0HB United Kingdom

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PRACTICE

Technology Transactions FinTech and Digital Assets Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions

BIOGRAPHY

Alison Beal is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions Practice Group and its Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Group.

Admitted to practice in multiple jurisdictions, Ms. Beal has extensive international experience and capability in complex commercial transactions for clients based in Europe, US and APAC, focusing on new technologies, R&D collaborations and externalisations, ITO, BPO, telecommunications, strategic alliances and the re-negotiation and exit of those transactions.

Ms. Beal focuses on structuring, negotiating, and documenting large-scale and global information technology and business process outsourcing transactions and other commercial and technology related transactions. She also regularly advises clients on intellectual property and information technology issues in connection with corporate transactions, including private equity representations, mergers and acquisitions and distressed acquisitions.

Selected experience:*

  • A telecommunications company on the implementation of a new global IT sourcing strategy and a series of resulting global transactions;
  • A pharmaceutical company on several global R&D outsourcing collaborations;
  • A supplier in relation to IT and BPO outsourcings in the insurance industry;
  • A global advertising company on various cloud services agreements, ITOs, BPOs, reseller and consulting services;
  • Various UK and European banks on critical IT and BPO transactions;
  • A potential purchaser on the IT and IP aspects of assets and shares of a group in administration; and
  • A private equity firm on the IT and IP aspects of various acquisitions.

*Some of these representations occurred prior to Ms. Beal’s association with Gibson Dunn.

EDUCATION

University College London - 1996 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Queensland University of Technology - 1995 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

- January 14, 2023 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – Q4 2022
Client Alert - October 13, 2022 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Privacy Cybersecurity Data Innovation – Q3 2022
Press Releases - June 27, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Adds Two Technology-Focused Partners, Joel Harrison and Alison Beal, in London
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