What Gutwein Law does

Gutwein Law is a full-service business law firm founded in November 2012 by Stuart R. Gutwein and headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana. The firm advises four core client segments — middle-market companies, emerging companies and venture capital clients, real estate developers and investors, and business/estate owners requiring succession planning — across practice areas spanning general corporate counseling, mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending, employment law, intellectual property (trademarks, patents, copyrights, licensing), commercial litigation and bankruptcy, real estate (purchase/sale, development, zoning, 1031 exchanges), private equity/venture capital, data privacy, non-profit/tax-exempt, and estate/business succession planning.

The firm operates through five physical offices in Lafayette, Indianapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne (opened via the Longsworth Law LLC acquisition), and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Service delivery is via direct attorney-client engagement organized along four vertical practice tracks rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture; supporting technology is limited to paperless document management and standard law-firm tooling. The bench includes approximately 18 named attorneys (including partners, of counsel, and associates) plus paralegals and professional staff, with multiple Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers recognized practitioners across corporate, litigation, IP, and real estate.

Gutwein Law generates revenue through professional-services billing at negotiated hourly or engagement-based rates, with no publicly disclosed fee schedules; pricing is custom per matter. Customer relationships skew toward recurring general-counsel engagements (1,200+ entities served in that capacity) layered with project-based M&A, real estate, IP, and litigation work; cumulative disclosed scale metrics include $2 billion+ in real estate project value, $600 million+ in venture-capital transaction experience, 650+ court appearances, 1,400+ active estate plans, and 200+ patents filed for clients. Customer logos span manufacturing, agriculture/energy, financial services, food and beverage, retail, sports, and automotive sectors. The firm grows through lateral hiring, partner promotions, and selective boutique acquisitions rather than external capital — it is privately held as a partnership with no outside investment.

Name

Gutwein Law

Legal name

Gutwein Law

Website

https://gutweinlaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gutwein Law is a full-service business law firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, with five offices across Indiana and Minneapolis serving middle-market companies, startups and venture capital clients, real estate developers, and business/estate owners across corporate, M&A, IP, litigation, real estate, and succession planning matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI), Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE), Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Law (BPAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Business law services
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Estate planning
• Intellectual property law
• Real estate law

Headquarters

HQ city

Lafayette

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Full-service business law firm providing legal counsel to middle-market companies, emerging companies, venture capital clients, real estate developers, and business owners. Services include business law, mergers & acquisitions, employment law, intellectual property, litigation, real estate law, and estate planning. Revenue is generated through professional legal services billing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gutwein Law is a full-service business law firm providing legal counsel to middle-market companies, emerging companies and venture capital clients, real estate developers and investors, and business/estate owners. The firm delivers legal services across business law, mergers & acquisitions, commercial lending, employment law, intellectual property, litigation, real estate law, and estate planning through five office locations across Indiana and Minnesota.

Product overview

Gutwein Law is a full-service business law firm offering legal services through a unified practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The firm's services are organized into four main practice area categories: Middle Market Companies (covering business law, M&A, commercial lending, employment law, intellectual property, litigation, and non-profit work), Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (covering private equity, venture capital, and data privacy), Real Estate Developers & Investors (covering real estate transactions, environmental law), and Estate & Business Succession Planning. The firm provides legal counsel to ambitious companies including middle-market businesses, startups, VCs, real estate developers, and business owners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Law Services Comprehensive business law counsel for middle-market companies including general corporate counseling, entity formation, governance, and CRS compliance.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Legal representation in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate reorganizations for middle-market companies.
• Commercial Lending & Finance Representation in commercial financing transactions including senior and mezzanine debt, revolving credit facilities, and project finance.
• Employment Law Employment law services including trainings, agreements, policies and benefits, and employee incentives and compensation.
• Intellectual Property IP protection services covering trademarks, trademark monitoring, patents, copyrights, licensing, and right of publicity.
• Litigation

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ real estate projects completed with $2B+ transactional value
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Longsworth Law LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Longsworth Law LLC, a boutique estate planning firm with over 35 years of experience, joined Gutwein Law marking the firm's expansion into the Fort Wayne market. Attorney Jeanne Longsworth joined as Partner along with two paralegals. The addition enhances Gutwein Law's estate and succession planning practice.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ice Miller LLP: Indianapolis-based full-service law firm with deep corporate, M&A, IP, employment, real estate, and litigation practices serving middle-market companies and emerging companies — directly comparable in size, geography, practice breadth and target client to Gutwein Law.
• Krieg DeVault LLP: Indianapolis-based full-service law firm serving businesses in corporate, M&A, healthcare, real estate, and litigation — direct competitor for mid-market clients in Indiana with similar practice-area breadth.
• Bose McKinney & Evans LLP: Indianapolis-headquartered full-service law firm of similar scale serving middle-market and emerging-company clients across business law, M&A, real estate, IP, and litigation — overlapping with virtually all of Gutwein Law's practice areas in the same Indiana market.
• Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP: Full-service law firm headquartered in Cincinnati with offices across Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, and other Midwestern markets. Comparable geographic strategy and middle-market corporate/real estate/employment practice mix as Gutwein Law.
• Frost Brown Todd LLP: Full-service regional law firm with offices across the Midwest and a strong middle-market corporate, M&A, real estate, and litigation practice — matching Gutwein Law's Midwest-centric full-service model.
• Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC: Kentucky/Indiana/Ohio-based full-service law firm emphasizing corporate, M&A, litigation, and real estate — operates in overlapping Midwest geography with comparable middle-market client focus; notable as a former employer of Gutwein attorney Spencer Tanner.

Broad incumbents

• Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: Large multi-office law firm with a substantial Minneapolis presence and Indianapolis office, competing for the same middle-market and emerging-company clients but at greater scale across more practice areas.

Regional players

• Lewis Wagner LLP: Indianapolis-based mid-sized firm focused on litigation, insurance defense, real estate, and business law — overlapping in size and core markets with Gutwein Law, particularly in Indiana commercial litigation.
• Faegre Baker Daniels (legacy Indianapolis practice): Indianapolis-rooted legacy of Faegre Drinker that historically dominated the Midwest middle-market and emerging-company space; a key established incumbent Gutwein Law competes against for sophisticated mandates.
• Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP: Chicago-based mid-sized law firm with strong corporate, M&A, securities, IP and emerging-company practices — comparable in practice mix to Gutwein Law, particularly for VC and emerging-company work in the broader Midwest.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gutweinlaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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