This Practice Note considers issues arising in multi-jurisdictional outsourcing arrangements, including offshore and nearshore transactions. Outsourced service provision is an established business strategy in most developed economies of the world and is increasing its prevalence in developing countries. This Practice Note considers a number of key issues specific to multinational or offshore outsourcing arrangements including the types of structure used in international outsourcing agreements, choice of law, employment, data protection and a number of other relevant issues.