Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Franchise attorneys Joyce Mazero, Leonard MacPhee join Gardere, (Feb 1, 2016)
Organizations Mentioned:Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP | International Franchise Association | Pacific Capital Bancorp | Perkins Coie, LLP
Joyce Mazero and Leonard H. MacPhee will lead Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP’s Global Supply Network Industry Team from its Dallas and new Denver offices. Mazero and MacPhee were most recently partners with Perkins Coie LLP, where they led its Supply Chain and Franchise & Distribution Practice Groups, according to a Gardere announcement.
Mazero, who will manage the firm’s Dallas office, has significant experience as a lead partner in developing strategy, structuring, negotiating, implementing, and resolving disputes for product and service-based domestic and international franchise, distribution, manufacturing, and logistics businesses. She currently serves on the National Restaurant Association’s (NRA’s) Executive Supply Chain Advisory Council.
MacPhee will open and manage the firm’s new Denver office. He is well-known for his experience analyzing and advising clients on significant supply network matters. He also frequently litigates business disputes and issues relating to supply network and distribution matters, as well as disputes involving contracts, business torts, trade secrets, trade dress, covenants not to compete, and enforcement of intellectual property rights. He currently serves on International Franchise Association committees for the IFA Legal Symposium and IFA Annual Convention.
Joining MacPhee at the firm’s new Denver office is Partner Jess A. Dance. Dance will focus his practice on franchise, distribution and supply chain matters, as well as complex commercial litigation. Joining Mazero at the firm’s Dallas office is Associate Sarah A. Walters. Walters will focus her practice on supply chain, franchise, distribution and logistics matters, counseling and coordinating projects for national and global clients for transactional, regulatory, governance and dispute resolution projects.
Founded in 1909, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms. With more than 230 attorneys, the firm serves clients from three of the largest cities in Texas, as well as Colorado and Mexico, and covers more than 40 different areas of practice.
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