Christyne Ferris focuses her practice on complex, large-scale commercial transactions, with an emphasis on the areas of technology and outsourcing. Her experience includes reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, such as software and content licensing agreements, implementation and other IT-related service and support agreements, and a variety of outsourcing agreements, including human resources, business process, IT, facilities management and core processing transactions.
Professional & Community Activities
Georgia Bar Association, Technology Law Section, Member
Industries
Technology & Software
Experience
Outsourcing of claims processing function for pharmaceutical distributor and wholesaler *, Prepared form application hosting SOW for pharmaceutical distributor and wholesaler.
Advised sales promotion and specialized marketing services firm after data breach *, Advised and provided administration in connection with follow-up legal issues after data breach.
Securities counsel for real estate investment trust company *, Represented real estate investment trust company in connection with its issuance of its common stock.
State filings preparation for nonprofit organization *, Prepared state filings for an international nonprofit organization.
Acquisition of pharmaceutical manufacturer *, Represented a diagnostic substances company in its acquisition of a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
Drafted and negotiated supply, advertising and co-location agreements for an agricultural chemicals company *, Represented an agricultural chemicals company in connection with drafting & negotiating supply, advertising and co-location agreements, and research services.
Securities counsel for mortgage and investment real estate investment trust company *, Represented a mortgage and investment REIT as securities counsel in connection with issuance of its common stock.
Negotiated, drafted and administered outsourcing assignments and consents *, Executed assignment agreements and other consents as part of ADM outsourcing.
ERP implementation for nonprofit public policy organization *, Represented a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC in connection with drafting and administering of an enterprise resource platform implementation.
Drafted and administered corporate contracts for textile manufacturer *, Transactional counsel for textile manufacturer in connection with supply agreements, IT services and purchasing agreements.
Management outsourcing for a North Carolina state department *, Represented a North Carolina state department in connection with reviewing and drafting of Medicare/Medicaid management outsourcing.
Investment firm acquisition *, Assisted an investment firm in its acquisition with reviewing outsourcing contracts.
Drafted and negotiated services for a top banking group *, Represented a top banking group in connection with drafting and negotiation its core banking and eBanking services.
Advised and drafted outsourced IT services for asset management company *, Represented asset management company in connection with the transition of outsourced IT Services back in-house.
IT outsourcing for national department store company *, Represented a high-fashion, national department store company with due diligence and administration in connection with IT outsourcing.
HR and IT outsourcing for national insurance company *, Represented a national insurance company in drafting & administering HR and IT outsourcing and termination agreements.
Transactional counsel for savings institution *, Provided transaction counsel to a savings institution in connection with drafting and negotiating its core banking and eBanking services.
Corporate governance structure for commercial and industrial equipment leasing company *, Represented a commercial and industrial equipment leasing company in connection with corporate governance research, NYSE and SEC filings.
Licensing and procurement for financial services company *, Represented a financial services company in connection with drafting and negotiating its e-mail services.
Drafted and negotiated banking services for regional bank *, Represented a regional bank in drafting and negotiation of its core banking, ATM services, eBanking services and software license agreements.
Outsourcing for hospital health care system *, Represented a southwestern United States hospital health care system in connection with the drafting and administration of HR and RCM outsourcing, subscription services, agreement applications, and hosting services.
Researched and advised commercial lending company of open source implications *, Advised a commercial lending company on open source implications of new product release.
Securities counsel to construction materials company *, Served as securities counsel to a construction materials company in connection with its issuance of its common stock.
Researched and drafted privacy statement for large-market investment banking institution *, Advised large-market investment banking institution in connection with reviewing and revising privacy statement.
Drafted and negotiated IT and other corporate contracts for chemical and petrochemical manufacturer *, Represented a chemical and petrochemical manufacturer in connection with HR and IT outsourcing, software licenses, e-mail services, data storage agreements, co-location agreements, supply agreements, and implementation services.
*Experience gained by attorney prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend
Publications
01 June 2010, Compliance Issues in Outsourcing Agreements
Source: Financier Worldwide Magazine, Articles
01 April 2009, India's New Information Technology Law Impacts Outsourcing Transactions
Source: Georgia Journal of Technology Law, Articles
01 April 2008, The Search for Due Process in Civil Commitment Hearings
Source: Vanderbilt Law Review, Articles