Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Bill Peters has joined the Los Angeles office as a partner. Peters is recognized as one of a handful of top outsourcing lawyers in the country. He was formerly a partner with O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, where he served as co-chair of that firm’s Transactional Intellectual Property Practice.
"Bill will be a terrific addition to the firm," said Ken Doran, Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "With Bill, we will be positioned to handle complex outsourcing arrangements for our clients. He has substantial experience in structuring large-scale business process and information technology outsourcing arrangements, offshore sourcing and strategic alliances. Bill will be an asset for our clients as outsourcing continues to be an important element of our clients' business strategies in the global economy."
"We welcome Bill to the firm," said Peter Ziegler, Co-Partner in Charge of Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office. "Bill is extremely well regarded in the area of outsourcing. His experience with high-end technology transactions will complement our corporate transactions practice."
"I look forward to working with my new colleagues at Gibson Dunn," Peters said. "The firm’s international growth and dynamic corporate and litigation platform will greatly benefit my clients."
About Bill Peters
Peters has focused his legal career on counseling and representing clients in complex technology and outsourcing transactions. His experience includes structuring large-scale business process and information technology outsourcing arrangements, offshore sourcing, strategic alliances, system/ERP implementations, application service provider agreements, software development agreements, system integration agreements and software licenses.
He has represented clients in the insurance, telecommunications, aerospace, automobile, energy, bank, transportation, retail and health care industries in a wide range of information technology and business process outsourcing transactions.
Peters was a partner with O'Melveny & Myers since 2002. Before that, he practiced with Shaw Pittman and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Peters has also served as senior counsel to Exult, Inc., a provider of business services related to human resources and business process outsourcing. He is a 1994 graduate of Loyola Law School.