Scott Hobby leads Sutherland’s Outsourcing and Mergers and Acquisitions practice. He has more than 25 years of experience. His practice focus has three aspects:

• Customer side offshore and onshore outsourcing transactions including business process outsourcing (BPO), information technology outsourcing (ITO), application development and maintenance (AD/M), managed network services (MNS) and human resource outsourcing (HRO) arrangements;
• Software systems acquisition and implementation transactions; and
• The structuring, formation and regulatory compliance of joint ventures in new markets and shared services arrangements.

He has substantial experience in the hospitality, banking, insurance, consumer products, electronics, airline, utility, energy, logistics and online data/analytics industries.

The geographical coverage of his engagements includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Poland, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Before joining Sutherland, Scott was the lead partner in the outsourcing and technology practice groups at two large international firms. Scott’s practice focus also included mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, private equity and capital markets for technology, software and telecommunications/Internet companies.