Cheng, Alfred

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Alfred Cheng’s practice focuses on outsourcing, technology, and intellectual property-related transactions.  He advises clients on information technology outsourcing, business process outsourcing, technology licensing, software as a service (SaaS) arrangements, technology development and services, strategic alliances, data privacy, and electronic commerce.  He also counsels clients on intellectual property issues that arise in the context of general corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions.

Clients that Alfred has represented include Bunge Limited, Linedata Services, Nokia Corporation, Nokia Siemens Networks, Parallel Investment Partners, and Patriarch Partners.  Prior to joining Jones Day, Alfred was a software application developer with an information technology consulting firm.  

Alfred is a member of the Dallas Regional Chamber Technology Business Council, the United Way Young Leaders Society, and the Dallas Asian American Bar Association.  He also has co-chaired the Lawyers Against Domestic Violence Committee of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Intellectual Property
• Outsourcing
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Privacy & Data Security
• M&A

Representative Cases

• Bunge Limited outsources financial and accounting functions to Capgemini America , (2009)
• Large chemical company arranges outsourcing of information technology functions
• Linedata negotiates distribution and license agreement with Altaira , (2009)
• Nokia Siemens Networks negotiates global IT outsourcing agreement with Siemens IT Solutions , (2009)
• Nokia signs long term service agreement with U.S. data security provider , (2009)
• Nokia signs multi-year outsourcing services agreement with leading India IT service provider , (2009)
• Parallel Investment Partners sells JetStar , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners recapitalizes Dura Automotive , (2010)
• Weir Group prevails in UDRP against cybersquatter , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patents, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Technology Licensing, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Baylor University
• Southern Methodist University

Published Works

• Massachusetts Law Raises the Bar for Data Security, 2010
• Source Code Escrow: Are You Just Following the Herd?, CIO.com, 2008
• Does Spybot Finally Have Some Allies?: An Analysis of Current Spyware Legislation, 58 SMU Law Review 1497, 2005

Address

2727 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201-1515

Phones

1.214.969.3723 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.214.969.5100 (Business Fax)

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Websites

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