America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2006: Business Process Outsourcing

Chambers & Partners has compiled their independent and objective list of America's Leading Lawyers for Business based on comments gathered from thousands of interviews with clients and lawyers from Maine to Hawaii. This guide -- which is designed to reflect market opinion -- contains a view of the firms and attorneys who are considered leaders in their field.

In Chambers' 2006 review of national legal talent in the area of "Business Process Outsourcing," our Firm and our lawyers are listed among the best in the country.

Chambers' comments:

National Ranking: 3

The Firm: The firm's institutional client base and its wealth of experience in the M&A market has attracted a wide clientele seeking its ITO expertise in particular. Its client base includes a heavy component of financial services institutions and manufacturers on the customer side.  On the service provider side, the team has recently advised an IT consulting company, a Big Four accounting firm, a supply chain management software company and a global real estate services company.

The Lawyers: Chicago-based Gregg Kirchhoefer is head of the firm's IP and technology practice group.  His recent work includes a broad-based outsourcing initiative for a financial services company, involving call centers, F&A and human resources aspects.  He has also been acting for a manufacturing client in an ITO involving a variety of support functions, such as putting in place a new ERP system.

Clients/Work Highlights: Accenture; Affiliated Computer Services; Hewitt Associates; Morgan Stanley; News Corporation; PwC; Sun Microsystems; USG; Vertex Outsourcing and WW Grainger.

Reprinted with permission from Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2006 - www.chambersandpartners.com.