Jim Gallagher has been chosen as general counsel of Perspecta, a new IT provider services company that is forming through the merger of Vencore Holding Corp. and KeyPoint Government Solutions with DXC Technology’s U.S. public sector business unit. The merger is expected to close next month.

Perspecta will deal solely with government clients, Gallagher said, and no commercial ones. He now is vice president and associate general counsel at DXC, where he leads the U.S. public sector business unit, overseeing federal contracts.