John K. Halvey is a partner in the New York office of theinternational law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy, LLPand the founder of the Strategic Sourcing and Technology Group. Hepractices in all areas of technology and sourcing law, withparticular emphasis on information technology and business processoutsourcing and private equity transactions involving technology orsourcing companies.
Mr. Halvey has represented companies in many of the largesttechnology, telecommunications, and business processing outsourcingtransactions, including Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, BellSouth,Panasonic, Citigroup, DuPont, AT&T, Alcatel, Xerox, Boeing,Bombardier, General Atlantic and the Commonwealth Bank ofAustralia.
His work in these areas has been the subject of articles inForbes, Information Week, Computer World, CIO Magazine, TheDaily Deal, and Venture Capital Journal. Mr. Halvey hasfor many years been ranked by Chambers and Partners as oneof the world's leading information technology and outsourcinglawyers and was the only lawyer in the United States to be ranked a"Star Performer" in the outsourcing industry in both 2005 and 2006.In 2006 Mr. Halvey received the Chambers Shield ofExcellence as the Outsourcing Attorney of the Year and as the HROutsourcing Attorney of the Year by the HROA.
In 1995 Crain's named Mr. Halvey on its list of the 40most successful people under 40 in New York City. He is thecoauthor of Information Technology Outsourcing Transactions:Process, Strategies, and Contracts (John Wiley & Sons,2005).
Barbara M. Melby is a partner in the Global OutsourcingGroup at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. Ms. Melby'spractice focuses primarily on outsourcing transactions, includinginformation technology and business process outsourcing, as well asother technology-related transactions, including developmentagreements, system implementation agreements, licensing and hostingagreements, technology services, joint ventures, and strategicalliances.
One of the leading outsourcing attorneys in the United States, Ms.Melby is the coauthor of Information Technology Outsourcing:Process, Strategies, and Contracts (John Wiley & Sons,2005). She was recently recognized by Chambers USA as one ofthe nation's leading lawyers for Business ProcessOutsourcing.
In addition to her two books, she has written numerous articles inand has been widely quoted in a wide variety of publications,including CIO Magazine, IT World, The Metropolitan CorporateCounsel, and The Pennsylvania Lawyer. Ms. Melby is alsoa frequent speaker on outsourcing and technology transactions atvarious business, legal, and professional conferences.
