Gardere & Wynne LLP

What Gardere & Wynne LLP does

Dallas-headquartered Gardere & Wynne LLP is a US law firm founded in 1909 that operates as a limited liability partnership. Its financial restructuring practice serves businesses throughout the United States and Latin America across numerous industries, providing legal counsel on insolvency, reorganization, and related matters. The firm is private and reports a headcount of 501-1,000 employees, suggesting a mid-market full-service legal platform rather than an AmLaw-scale operation.

The firm's revenue model is consistent with a traditional law firm partnership: fee-for-service billing against partner-led engagements, with cross-border restructuring mandates as a stated specialty differentiator. No pricing model, deal structure, GTM channel, or technology platform information is disclosed in the available data. There is no evidence of productized legal technology, managed services, alternative fee arrangements, or subscription offerings.

Beyond the financial restructuring team, no additional practice areas, sector verticals, client logos, office network, leadership roster, awards, or partnership relationships are documented in the supplied inputs. Consequently, the majority of the firm's operational footprint, customer mix, and go-to-market mechanics cannot be characterized from the evidence at hand.

Name

Gardere & Wynne LLP

Website

https://gardere.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1909

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Gardere & Wynne LLP is a Dallas-headquartered US law firm founded in 1909 whose financial restructuring practice serves businesses throughout the United States and Latin America across numerous industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Cross-Border M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Financial restructuring
• Corporate law
• Business advisory
• Restructuring law

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Gardere & Wynne LLP is a Dallas-based law firm whose financial restructuring team advises businesses throughout the United States and Latin America across numerous industries. The firm provides legal counsel focused on financial restructuring and related corporate matters for organizations facing distressed financial situations or transactions involving restructuring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Financial Restructuring Legal Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Baker Botts LLP: Texas-headquartered full-service law firm of broadly comparable mid-market scale with strong energy, corporate, and cross-border practices — directly overlapping with Gardere's U.S./Latin America platform.
• Vinson & Elkins LLP: Houston-based, internationally recognized law firm of comparable scale with premier energy, finance, and restructuring practices — competes head-to-head with Gardere for Texas corporate and cross-border mandates.
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP: Texas-founded global law firm with a market-leading restructuring practice and significant Latin America footprint — directly competes for cross-border restructuring and corporate mandates.
• Haynes and Boone, LLP: Dallas-based full-service firm of similar mid-market size and practice breadth; it competes locally with Gardere for corporate, finance, and restructuring work in the Dallas market.
• K&L Gates LLP: Global mid-market firm with comparable scale, broad corporate and finance capabilities, and a cross-border platform that overlaps with Gardere's international restructuring work.
• Locke Lord LLP: Dallas-headquartered full-service firm of comparable scale with strong corporate, finance, and restructuring practices — a close mid-market competitor in Texas and on cross-border matters.

Broad incumbents

• Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Significantly larger AmLaw 20 firm with broad U.S. and Latin America coverage and a sizable restructuring practice; competes for the upper end of the mandates Gardere targets.
• DLA Piper: One of the largest global law firms with extensive cross-border M&A and restructuring capabilities; competes for the cross-border mandates where Gardere positions itself.

Regional players

• Jackson Walker LLP: Texas-based full-service firm with a comparable Dallas presence and similar mid-market client base, competing for many of the same local and regional corporate mandates.
• Winstead PC: Texas-based firm of broadly similar size with a strong corporate and finance practice; a regional alternative for clients evaluating Gardere for in-state engagements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gardere-wynne-sewell-llp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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