David Zarfes
Associate Dean for Corporate & Legal Affairs and Schwartz Lecturer in Law
University of Chicago Law School
1111 East 60th Street, Room A209
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773 834-7751
email: dzarfes@uchicago.edu

David Zarfes is Senior Counsel in the Corporate Department of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Until recently and for many years, Mr. Zarfes was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young ("CGE&Y") and a member of the firm's Management Committee. He was responsible for the management and supervision of the CGE&Y legal departments in North, Central, and South America and for, among other things, 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. He has an extensive background in acquisitions and joint ventures, corporate governance, significant corporate and information-technology transactions, including in the area of IT consulting services, systems integration, technology development and design, and global outsourcing transactions.

Born: 1960
Education: B.A., 1982, M.A. (English), 1983, University of Chicago; M.P.A. (Public Policy), 1987, Columbia University; J.D., 1987, Cardozo Law School; LL.M. (Tax), 1991, Georgetown University Law Center.