Lucy Endel Bassli

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Assistant General Counsel, Legal Operations and Contracting, Microsoft

Lucy joined the legal department of Microsoft in 2004, providing legal support to the central procurement organization globally and across all lines of business at Microsoft. She focused extensively on complex and global outsourcing contracts and gained firsthand experience in outsourcing by engaging an outsourced legal services provider (LPO) to assist her with high-volume contract transactions. She has launched a new “managed services” engagement with law firms and most recently moved into the Office of the President to expand legal shared services and implement operational improvements. She oversees Microsoft’s legal operations and a centralized contracting office, specializing in process efficiencies and automation.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Lucy practiced law at Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP in Seattle, WA, focusing on commercial transactions and commercial bankruptcy. Lucy received her JD and BA from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, where she grew up, but has been living in the Seattle area since completing law school.

Lucy is a licensed member of the Washington and Texas state bar associations, and was named to the National Law Journal list of Outstanding Women Lawyers, 2015. She is a frequent lecturer on topics of legal services innovation, legal technology and legal process outsourcing.

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