About Jeffrey Harrison

Jeff concentrates his practice on technology, commercial transactions, intellectual property and data privacy. He represents and advises clients regarding IT outsourcing transactions, and is experienced in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts (including ITO, BPO, SaaS, cloud, and other technology agreements). He also helps clients acquire, protect and license intellectual property assets, and he provides counsel on privacy issues, including GDPR-compliance.  

Jeff received his law degree from the UCLA School of Law, after which he spent six years at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP where he practiced in the corporate department.  While at Gibson Dunn, he specialized in intellectual property, technology transactions, commercial contracts and mergers and acquisitions. 

After Gibson Dunn, Jeff worked in-house at Cognizant Technology Solutions, a Fortune 200 company, most recently as lead counsel for Cognizant’s Technology Business Unit in North America. In this role he managed all legal matters and worked directly with executives and business teams to achieve business objectives in deal acquisition and ongoing client relationships.  

During law school, Jeff served as a judicial extern for the Honorable David J. Hittner of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.  Jeff is fluent in Spanish and enjoys hiking, video games, trivia and college football. 

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