• Detroit
  • Lansing
  • Oakland County
  • Ann Arbor

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Education

  • New York University, LL.M.
    Taxation
  • Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D.
    Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Executive Authorities Editor
  • Lawrence University, B.A.
    German and History

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U.S. Tax Court

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Detroit
2290 First National Building
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226

Karl A. Hochkammer

Partner

  • Advises public and private companies regarding complex information technology and business process outsourcing transactions, both domestic and international 
  • Directs clients through legal, technical and transactional challenges arising in technology transactions and the technology procurement process in various industries, including automotive, health care, manufacturing, financial services and defense 
  • Counsels clients in restructuring and re-negotiating a variety of transactions including outsourcing, in-sourcing, managing acquisitions and divestitures in outsourcing and terminating outsourcing arrangements 
  • Represents clients involved in buying and selling technology goods and services, including software licensing, software development (on and off-shore), ERP and other system implementations, systems integrations, back office processing services, ASP and SaaS agreements, technology licensing agreements, hosting and data center agreements, telecommunications and network management agreements, and hardware acquisition and maintenance agreements 
  • Advises assists clients on the acquisition, development, implementation, integration, licensing, financing, marketing, and sale of technology 
  • Represents clients in hardware purchases, hardware installation and maintenance agreements 
  • Assists clients with technology development transactions, including software development agreements, and agreements for the development of other intellectual property 
  • Counsels technology companies on technology distribution arrangements, including reseller agreements 
  • Advises clients with regard to technology due diligence and technology transfer issues in M&A transactions
  • Advises clients on re-negotiating and restructuring troubled vendor-customer relationships
  • Extensive experience with service agreements, joint ventures, strategic alliances, M&A transactions, distribution agreements, reseller agreements, co-branding agreements and other similar commercialization agreements

Professional Involvement

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Michigan
    • Informational Technology Law Section, Vice Chair
  • Informational Technology Law Association
  • International Association of Outsourcing Professionals
  • Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Contributor
  • German-American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Michigan Chapter
  • Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce
    • European Committee, Member

Honors

  • DBusiness, Top Lawyers, 2011-2013
  • Michigan Super Lawyers, 2010-2012

Publications

Speeches and Conferences

  • "Cloud Computing and Its Key Legal Issues," 3rd Annual Information Technology Law Seminar, presented by: Information Technology Section of the State Bar of Michigan and ICLE (September 2010), presenter
  • “Outsourcing Agreements: Vendors and Purchasers Square Off,” ICLE (October 2008), presenter 
  • “AMR/AMI Strategic Issues,” Autovation 2008: The Ultilimetrics International Symposium, Atlanta, GA (September 2008) 
  • “Contracting Best Practices,” Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008, San Diego, CA (April 2008), presenter 
  • “Addressing AMR/AMI Risks with Effective Vendor Negotiations and Contracts,” Autovation 2007, Reno, NV (September 2007) 
  • “Selected Technology Contracting Issues,” First Annual State of the Law Update, Association of Corporate Counsel – Michigan Chapter, Novi, MI (April 2007), presenter 
  • “Making Outsourcing Work: Lessons Learned and New Approaches,” Foley & Lardner LLP CIO Think Tank Series, Santa Monica, CA (May 2006), presenter 
  • “Offshoring Legal Services,” The Indus Entrepreneurs, Detroit Chapter, Southfield, MI (2006), presenter 
  • “Taking the Website to the Next Level,” ICLE, Troy, MI (November 2003), presenter 
  • “What Have You Done for Me Lately? Demonstrating Value of In-House Counsel,” Martindale-Hubbell, Counsel to Counsel, Dearborn, MI (November 2003), panel member

Prior Employment Experience

  • Foley & Lardner LLP 
    • Partner, 2005-2009 
    • Associate, 2001-2005 
  • Raymond & Prokop, P.C., Associate 1996 – 2001

Teaching Experience

  • Adjunct Professor, Partnership Taxation, Master of Science in Taxation Program, Walsh College, Troy, Michigan, 1996 - 1998

Clerk Experience

  • Honorable Richard F. Suhrheinrich, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Intern, Summer 1994

Language Skills

  • German
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