Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

About this office:

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm celebrating 100 years in 2009, provides comprehensive litigation and business solutions for leading domestic and international companies, Fortune 500 corporations, and private businesses. We turn complex challenges into sustainable solutions for clients across a broad spectrum of industries and business sectors, including technology, financial services, energy, construction, manufacturing, real estate, private equity, hospitality and retail. Our clients are leaders in their respective fields, and we deliver the legal counsel to keep them there.

Gardere's strong tradition and history began in 1909 in Dallas, Texas. In February 1993, the Firm opened an office in Houston to continue to meet the demands of its growing client base and to focus on the increasingly complex environmental matters arising in the energy industry. In October 1995, Gardere merged with Sewell & Riggs, a 75-year-old Houston law firm, creating the fifth largest firm in Texas. The combination increased the Firm's energy, litigation and business practices, and added strong practices in admiralty and insurance coverage. In 2002, Gardere opened a new office in Austin, Texas. Attorneys and lobbyists in this office provide legislative and regulatory representation to Firm clients.

Gardere first established its presence in Mexico City in 1992, and in 1996, Gardere formed a joint venture with a Mexico City law firm, creating the office of Gardere, Arena, Robles, S.C. Gardere provides services to companies investing in and operating businesses on both sides of the border and throughout Latin America. In 2007, the joint venture was renamed Gardere, Arena y Asociados, S.C.

With more than 250 lawyers in four offices - Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Mexico City - Gardere has 10 major practice groups that encompass the more than 45 practice areas in which our attorneys counsel and serve clients. Since not all client needs fit neatly into a single practice area, Gardere also utilizes cross-practice industry teams and specialty practice groups. The industry teams are designed to meet a wide range of legal needs for clients in specific industries while the tightly-focused specialty practice groups include attorneys with a wealth of knowledge and experience in highly complex areas of law, such as patents and IP litigation, class actions, anti-trust, transfer pricing, and cross-border transactions.

At Gardere, our lawyers are skilled litigators and negotiators who have been named among the best attorneys in America. Their backgrounds include experience as leaders in business, engineering, research and development, government and academia. They are legal experts with competence honed in the boardroom and the courtroom. Our goal is to create and maintain relationships with our clients that go beyond just being their legal counsel; we work to become a strategic partner, integral to each client's success.

Administrative Law, Advertising, Alternation Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate, Attorneys General, Aviation, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization, Biotechnology, Chemical and Refining Industry Team, Class Action and Multi-Party Discovery, Class Action Defense, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Construction Industry Team, Copyrights, Corporate, Corporate Governance, Direct Selling, Distribution, Electronic Discovery and Document Retention, Employee Benefits, Employment, Energy Industry Team, Entertainment, Environmental, Environmental Compliance and Natural Resources Regulation, Environmental Litigation, ERISA, ESOP, Executive Compensation, Federal Tax, Financial Crisis Recovery Team, Franchising, Government Affairs, Homebuilding, Hospitality Industry Team, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, International Projects, International Tax, Internet and Computer Technology, Labor, Maritime and Aviation Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Medicaid Fraud, Mexico and Latin America, Music Copyright Infringement, Oil and Gas, Patents, Personal Injury Defense, Private Equity Industry Team, Product Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public Policy Litigation, Purchase Agreements, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, Regulatory Compliance, Retail Industry Team, Securities, Securities Litigation, State Tax, Strategic Issues, Tax, Tax Litigation, Technology Industry Team, Telecommunications, Trademarks, Transfer Pricing, Transportation, Trial, Trusts and Estates, Water Law, White Collar Criminal Defense.

Calling it a "Royalty" Doesn't Mean You Have to Suffer Withholding Taxes in Cross-Border Transactions
Cym H. Lowell, Michael J. Donohue, Mark R. Martin, November 28, 2009
In our international taxation practice, we often encounter situations where there is a material disconnect between how transactional matters are viewed as between different countries or different parties.

Environmental Due Diligence Required for SBA Loans
Cynthia J. Bishop, Tracy Penn, Jonathan Bull, October 2, 2009
The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently revised its standard operating procedure (SOP 50-10 (5)) for lender and development company loan programs.

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