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Katherine B. O'Keefe

Of Counsel

Katherine B. O’Keefe counsels clients on technology, outsourcing, and commercial transactions. Katherine regularly assists clients with structuring, negotiating, restructuring, and terminating information technology (IT) outsourcing and business process outsourcing (BPO) agreements. Katherine also supports clients through all aspects of strategic technology and commercial transactions, including artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud deals, enabling clients to effectively leverage technology and digital solutions to operate, transform, and grow their businesses.

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Tech & Sourcing @ Morgan Lewis

Katherine represents clients from a diverse range of industries, including the life sciences, technology, retail, financial services, and healthcare industries. In her practice, Katherine collaborates with clients and their external consultants to structure and negotiate deals designed to meet defined business and cost objectives, mitigate risks, and comply with regulatory and other legal requirements.

Katherine’s experience includes managing targeted contract due diligence and handling third-party consent arrangements for clients.

Katherine is a contributor to the firm’s Tech & Sourcing @ MorganLewis blog, writing on developments and issues related to sourcing and technology.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Katherine was an Assistant City Solicitor with the City of Philadelphia Law Department, where her practice focused on advising the city on a variety of transactional and regulatory matters. While in law school, Katherine served as a notes editor for the William & Mary Law Review, where her note was selected for publication.

  • William and Mary School of Law, 2011, J.D.
  • Brown University, 2006, A.B., Economics, Magna Cum Laude
  • Pennsylvania, 2011
  • US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2014

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Technology Law, Philadelphia (2024, 2025)

Rising Star, Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing, The Legal 500 US (2024)

Recommended, Media, technology and telecoms: Outsourcing, The Legal 500 US (2023)