David N. Guedry

Partner

David Guedry is nationally recognized for more than 20 years of leadership in advising global service providers and Fortune 1000 companies on complex outsourcing relationships, including assisting with developing legal, operational, and business strategies, and translating strategy into the practical negotiation and documentation of deals. He has strong relationships with the leading third-party advisory firms and regularly consults with them on market trends that affect Jones Day clients.

David has significant experience managing the complexities of IT and telecommunication outsourcing agreements; business process outsourcing arrangements, with an emphasis on HR and F&A outsourcing; distribution relationships; licensing arrangements; and joint ventures, strategic alliances, and teaming relationships.

Although David's primary emphasis is on working with technology businesses, a wide range of clients look to him for guidance. He has handled billions of dollars of outsourcing and other arrangements for leading providers such as Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Perot Systems Corporation, CGI Group (a Montreal-based IT outsourcing company), and Hewitt Associates, a leader in the field of HR outsourcing. He represents large multinational retailers, manufacturers, airlines, and other service companies in their contractual relationships with technology service providers. David similarly advised a Big Four accounting firm in the structuring of a global delivery model for a new outsourcing services offering.