Mr. Docksey is a member of the Corporate Group. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Global Technology and Outsourcing Group of Lex Mundi, an association of 160 leading law firms with offices in more than 100 countries. His practice focuses on information technology, information services and business process outsourcing, technology contracting, the formation of strategic alliances, and on mergers and acquisitions. He is a member of the board of directors of Daubert Industries, Inc., Daubert Chemical Company, Inc., ECP Incorporated, the USO of Illinois, and the Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation.
Mr. Docksey has been named by HRO Today Magazine and by FAO Today Magazine to their annual lists of Superstars of Outsourcing, and was named by Lawdragon Magazine to its nationwide list of 500 leading lawyers. He is ranked by Chambers in Band 1 in Technology and IT Outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing. He is a frequent speaker at outsourcing industry conferences, including conferences sponsored by the Sourcing Interests Group, Bureau of National Affairs, Conference Board, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Institutional Investor News. Mr. Docksey is a member of the Advisory Board of the Sourcing Interests Group.
Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Docksey represents public and private companies in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and dispositions in a wide variety of industries. In 2006 he represented the acquirer of Fresh Brands, Inc., a public company in the wholesale and retail grocery business, and ABN AMRO Capital and its portfolio company, Loparex, in connection with the acquisition of Douglas-Hanson Co., Inc., a privately held company in the coated paper industry. Representative transactions include representation of a leading multi-national manufacturer of analytical instruments in connection with its acquisition by Thermo Electron Corporation; the leading domestic manufacturer of coated release papers in connection with its sale to UPM Kymmene (the second largest company in Finland); Charles Industries in connection with its acquisition of the Wescom Division of Rockwell; the sellers of beverage companies G. Heileman Brewing Company, American Juice, and A.J. Canfield; the purchaser of the St. Louis Rams and the seller of the Chicago Bulls, and various banks and bank holding companies, including ABN AMRO, in connection with the purchase and sale of 20 banks and bank holding companies.
Outsourcing. Mr. Docksey has served as outside counsel to Accenture, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Affiliated Computer Services, Aon Consulting, Outsource Partners International, Hyrian, and other leading providers in connection with some of their largest and most complex outsourcing contracts. He has also represented customers in connection with the negotiation of outsourcing agreements with IBM, Advantis, Electronic Data Systems, Computer Sciences Corporation, GE Capital, Hewlett-Packard, Alltel, Unisys, Acxiom, Oracle, SAP and SCT Utility Systems. Representative transactions include: the outsourcing by BP Amoco to PricewaterhouseCoopers of its upstream oil and gas finance and accounting function; the outsourcing by AT&T to Aon Consulting of its HR function; and the outsourcing by Motorola to ACS, on a global basis, of its HR function.
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances. Mr. Docksey advised: Sears Roebuck in connection with the formation of Advantis, a joint venture between Sears and IBM that became the foundation for the IBM Global Network; McDonald’s Corporation in connection with its strategic alliance with Disney Corporation; a leading IT service provider in connection with a strategic alliance with GE Capital; a U.S. based chemical company in connection with an alliance with a leading Japanese company to distribute chemicals in Asia and in connection with a joint venture to distribute rust preventative chemicals in South Africa; and a U.S. based communications technology company in connection with a joint venture with French and German telecom manufacturing companies to develop and market telecom equipment worldwide.
Technology Contracting. Mr. Docksey has represented both customers and service providers in connection with the negotiation of contracts to develop complex custom computer software applications including: software used by stock transfer agents for the maintenance of security holder records and for processing share transfer instructions; software used to manage the recruitment and licensing of employees by a Fortune 200 company in the securities industry, software used to settle cross-border securities transactions; software used to operate a cross border electronic futures market; and customization of ERP software by SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft.