Alistair Maughan is a partner in the firm’s London office and a member of the Technology Transactions Group. He is Chair of the firm’s Global Sourcing Group.

Mr. Maughan focuses on outsourcing and technology-based projects for major companies and public sector organizations. His primary areas of expertise include advising on outsourcing transactions (both IT and business process-driven; and both on-shore and offshore); negotiating contracts for the supply and acquisition of technology equipment, services and software; advising on data security and data privacy; advising on issues and contracts related to e-commerce; counseling public bodies on procurement policy and procedures; and drafting, negotiating and advising on all types of technology contracts and issues.

Mr. Maughan’s recent transactions include advising Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs on Europe's largest "second generation" outsourcing; advising the UK police on its national fingerprint identification system and its project for the delivery and operation of the national UK emergency mobile radio network; advising the world's largest insurance broker on offshore outsourcing; and other transactions on behalf of banks, global pharmaceutical companies and major professional services firms.

Mr. Maughan is a highly-regarded commercial lawyer. The Legal 500, Chambers Global and Chambers UK, leading independent guides to the legal profession, recommend Mr. Maughan as having “a formidable reputation on major projects”; and comment that he “impresses clients with an outsourcing profile that is judged to be 'as good as you can get'...”; and is “the best outsourcing lawyer ever when it comes to acting for the customer end of the market.”

Mr. Maughan has a law degree from Leicester University, and qualified as a solicitor in 1987. He has practiced law on both sides of the Atlantic and is also admitted to the New York Bar.