Geoffrey P. Vickers > Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP > Nashville, United States > Lawyer Profile
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Offices
One Nashville Place
150 Fourth Avenue, North, Suite 1100
Nashville, TN 37219
United States
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Geoffrey P. Vickers
Position
Partner
Career
Geof Vickers focuses his practice on business and technology as he represents domestic and global service providers and customers on general business and technology issues and complex sourcing arrangements, including assisting with developing business, operational and legal strategies, negotiating transactions, and developing operational structures.
His experience encompasses drafting, negotiating, and managing information technology (IT) and telecommunication outsourcing agreements, business process outsourcing arrangements, distribution relationships, licensing arrangements, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and teaming arrangements.
Geof also advises early and growth stage companies and investors on formation and business structuring issues, financing and investment structures, licensing and commercial contracting matters, and corporate governance issues. His experience covers a range of industries and subject matters, including HealthIT, telecommunications, privacy and security, Blockchain, Internet of Things, cloud computing, open source code, software, Internet, digital media, retail, and manufacturing.
Languages
English
Memberships
Memberships:
- Cyberspace Law Committee, American Bar Association
- Software Development & Licensing Committee, American Bar Association
- Information Security Committee, American Bar Association
- Open Source Software Committee, American Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Nashville Bar Association
Education
University of Mississippi School of Law, JD (2004), Harding University, BBA, magna cum laude (2000)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
The outsourcing practice at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP regularly undertakes ITO and BPO work in addition to handling business transformations for a range of global blue-chip companies in the luxury goods, automotive, and financial services sectors. From the Nashville office, Geoffrey Vickers concentrates on cross-border sourcing and managed services arrangements, while Jason I. Epstein regularly assists corporate end users with the outsourcing of fintech and healthech services. In the New York branch, Ed Hansen’s scope of work includes digital transformations and ERP implementations, while Val Paverd is a go-to contact for managed services agreements. Greenville-based Daniel C. Lumm covers work relating to open-source software, emerging AI concerns, and cloud services.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Education
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Real estate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate