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William J. Peters

William
Peters

Partner

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wpeters@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 213.229.7515

FAX:+1 213.229.6515

Los Angeles

333 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 USA

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PRACTICE

Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Aerospace and Related Technologies Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Emerging Companies FDA and Health Care Insurance and Reinsurance Intellectual Property Life Sciences Media, Entertainment and Technology Power and Renewables Privacy, Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Technology Transactions

BIOGRAPHY

Bill Peters is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions practice group and a member of the Corporate Department and Technology Transactions practice group. He has spent his entire legal career in the information technology and business process outsourcing industries, including serving as corporate counsel to a major ITO service provider and general counsel to a leading HR BPO services provider.

Mr. Peters has extensive experience representing and counseling clients on a wide range of legal and business issues relating to complex sourcing, transformation and technology transactions. His experience includes structuring, negotiating, and documenting large-scale business transformation agreements, business process and information technology outsourcing arrangements, ERP implementation agreements, application service provider agreements, software development agreements, and software licenses. These transactions, many of them with international dimensions, have involved clients in a broad range of industries, including the aerospace, electric utility, entertainment, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, life sciences, logistics, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, retail, telecommunications, and oil and gas industries. Mr. Peters has represented such clients as AECOM, Affirm, Allianz, American Express, American General, Amgen, Apria Healthcare, Battelle Memorial Institute, BJC HealthCare, Boeing, Bombardier, BWAY, CareFusion, CHEP, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Dayton Hudson, Deutsche Bank AG, Diveo, DJO Global, DR Horton, Federal-Mogul, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Ingram Micro, Ingram Book, Intuit, KB Home, Lucent Technologies, Marriott International, Marsh & McLennan Companies, McDermott International, Nissan North America, Nutrien, Optum360, PacifiCorp, Pacific Dental Services, PepsiCo, Performance Food Group, Rockwell Collins, Progenity, Ryder Systems, Safeco Insurance Company, Scottrade, SeaWorld, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Southern California Edison, State Compensation Insurance Fund, TelePacific, Toyota Financial Services, Transurban, Twentieth Century Fox, Tyco International, UnitedHealth Group, UTi, Virgin Galactic, Warner Bros., Washington Group International and Western Digital Corporation.

Mr. Peters has assisted clients in outsourcing almost every facet of information technology operations, including data center operations, midrange server operations, network operations, desktop support, telecommunications services, call center services, and application maintenance and development services. He has negotiated agreements against every major outsourcing service provider, including domestic, near-shore, and off-shore outsourcing service providers. In addition to information technology functions, Mr. Peters has assisted clients in outsourcing other business processes, including human resources, accounting, tax accounting, claims processing, call center, records archiving, and print and distribution processes.

Mr. Peters is ranked by Chambers Global 2019: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business as one of the leading outsourcing lawyers in the world. In addition, Chambers USA has recognized Mr. Peters for national business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing in California. He was recently recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in Legal 500 United States (Outsourcing) in 2019. Mr. Peters has also been recognized by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of IT Outsourcing Law.

He is a frequent lecturer and has published several articles on information technology and business process outsourcing transactions.

EDUCATION

Loyola Marymount University - 1994 Juris Doctor

University of California - Los Angeles - 1990 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - July 6, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2020 U.S. Legal 500
Firm News - April 24, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Earns 84 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2020
Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Firm News - July 11, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2019 U.S. Legal 500
Publications - April 25, 2019 | Webcast: IPOs and Public Company Readiness: Outsourcing Transactions
Client Alert - March 29, 2019 | Aerospace and Related Technologies Update – Spring 2019
Firm News - June 18, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2018 U.S. Legal 500
Firm News - May 9, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Earns 70 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2018
Client Alert - March 16, 2018 | Aerospace and Related Technologies – Key Developments in 2017 and Early 2018
Client Alert - June 27, 2016 | One Small Step or One Giant Leap? FAA Releases Final Rules on Commercial Drone Use in the United States
Client Alert - February 23, 2015 | United States Drone Policy Stretches Its Wings
Client Alert - January 22, 2014 | 2013 Year-End Strategic Sourcing and Technology Transactions Update
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