Contracts: A Transactional Approach

David Zarfes is Associate Dean of the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches primarily in the areas of corporate and transactional law, and co-directs the Law School's Corporate Lab, a clinical-based transactional law program. Dean Zarfes was for many years Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Paris-based Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGEY) and a member of the firm's Management Committee. He was responsible for the management and supervision of the CGEY legal departments in North, Central, and South America and, among other things, for overseeing (i) complex information technology transactions, (ii) joint venture and alliance agreements, (iii) new ventures and venture capital transactions, (iv) national and international outsourcing agreements, (v) major litigation matters, and (vi) corporate governance and general business matters.

Prior to joining the Law School faculty in 2007, he practiced law with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where he specialized in corporate, information technology, and cross-border transactions. He has an extensive background in acquisitions and joint ventures, corporate governance, significant corporate and IT transactions, including in the area of IT consulting services, systems integration, technology development and design, and global outsourcing transactions, and he has taught classes in these areas at Columbia University Law School.