Joyce Mazero is a corporate partner and co-chair of the global supply network industry team at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. She provides transactional, regulatory, and dispute resolution services related to franchising, licensing, distribution, manufacturing, and other areas. Ms. Mazero represents national and global clients, advising them on major initiatives like mergers and acquisitions. She has extensive experience structuring and negotiating domestic and international commercial relationships. Ms. Mazero also holds leadership positions in several professional associations.

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Joyce Mazero
Co-Chair, Global Supply Network, Partner,
Corporate
In her counsel to national and global clients in the areas of franchising,
licensing, distribution, manufacturing, logistics, buying groups,
cooperatives and shared services systems, Joyce Mazero provides
transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution services. She is a
corporate partner and co-chair of the Firm’s global supply network
industry team.
Joyce works with product and serviced-based client companies and
leads them through major initiatives. These include financings, mergers
& acquisitions, registration and disclosures, and negotiations of
strategic alliances, joint ventures, and domestic and international
licensing, franchising, manufacturing and logistics deals. Joyce has
been ranked in Band 1 for Franchising Nationwide by Chambers USA
since 2008, and she is recognized by Chambers Global, which
highlighted her "very strong sense of what it takes to drive a business"
and "well-rounded viewpoint on transactions."
Managing risk in supply chain operations and leveraging supply chains
for competitive advantages is a practice focus for Joyce. Her
background includes extensive counsel related to distribution networks,
purchasing cooperatives and buying groups, manufacturers, suppliers,
logistics providers and out-sourced systems. Joyce also advises clients
on structuring, negotiation and legal enforcement of international
commercial relationships. Advising and structuring non-traditional
development deals, such as with airports, military bases and
universities, is an additional area in which she has significant
experience.
Leadership in Corporate, Industry and Civic Groups
Joyce's professional leadership spans key national and international
professional and civic associations. She currently sits on the Advisory
Council of the National Restaurant Association‘s Supply Chain Group
and is on the Board of the College of Merchandising, Hospitality and
Tourism for the University of North Texas. She served as a member of
the boards of the International Franchise Association and its
Educational Foundation; the National Restaurant Association
Educational Foundation and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy
Alliance. She serves as Chair Emeritus for the Women Corporate
Directors' DFW Chapter, of which she is a founding member.
A frequent national speaker and writer, Joyce was an editorial advisor
to the book Franchising for Dummies. She is the recipient of several
leadership awards from the International Franchise Association, the
Women’s Foodservice Forum and the Dallas Business Journal. Joyce has
been nationally ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA for Franchise Law;
listed for more than 20 years by The Best Lawyers in America; and has
become a "Legal Eagle" mainstay in the annual listing by Franchise
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Industries
Global Supply Network
Hospitality
Private Equity
Retail
Practices
Advertising, Marketing and
Promotions
Corporate
Franchise, Direct Selling and
Distribution
Litigation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Securities
Education
J.D., St. Mary's University
School of Law (1979)

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Times, which inducted Joyce into its inaugural 2013 Legal Eagles Hall of
Fame.
Professional & Community
Professional Affiliations
 Board Advisor, National Restaurant Association Executive Supply
Chain Group
 Board Member, University of North Texas College of Merchandising,
Hospitality and Tourism
 Former Board Member, International Franchise Association,
National Restaurant Association Foundation and Women’s
Foodservice Forum and Promise House
Honors & Awards
 Recognized, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for
Business (Tom Wicker ed., Chambers & Partners)
 Top Ranked, Band 1, (USA) (2008-2016)
 Ranked, Band 2, (Global) (2008-2016)
 Recognized, The Best Lawyers in America (Steven Naifeh &
Gregory White Smith eds., Woodward/White Inc.)
 Franchise Law (1995-2017)
 Recognized, Women in the Law, Best Lawyers
 Franchise Law (2016)
 Recognized, Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine (2001-2005,
2007-2009, 2011-2016)
 Recognized, Best Women Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine (2010)
 Honoree, Women in Business, Dallas Business Journal (2015)
 Recommended by The Legal 500: Industry Focus
 M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: Middle Market (sub-
$500m) (2015)
 Recognized, Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, as
published in Texas Monthly (2003-2005, 2007-2016)
 Recognized, "Legal Eagle" (Top 125 Franchise Lawyers), Franchise
Times (2004, 2006-2016)
 Inducted into Inaugural Legal Eagles Hall of Fame, Franchise
Times, (2013)
 Recognized, “Lawyer of the Year: Franchise Law,” Corporate
LiveWire (2014)
 Recognized, International Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers, Law
Business Research (2003-2016)
 Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent in Martindale-Hubbell (AV®
Preeminent ™ and BV®
Distinguished™ are certification marks of
Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the
Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and
policies.)
 Franchising for Dummies, Legal Advisor (2007)

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Admissions
 Texas State Courts
 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
 Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
 U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Speaking Engagements
 10.26.16
Developing an International Supply Chain Strategy
National Restaurant Association Executive Study Group
 06.08.16
Starting Your Own Franchise
UPWARD Mentoring Clinic
 05.20.16
National Restaurant Association Round Robin Roundtables
Supply Chain Management Executive Study Group
 01.17.16
Beyond the US: Best Practices from Around the Globe
Global Best Practices Conference
News
 02.01.16
Texas Lawbook Highlights Gardere’s Recent Lateral Hires and New
Presence in Denver
 01.27.16
Texas Lawyer and Dallas Business Journal Covers Gardere’s Newest
Lateral Hires and Expansion Into Denver
 01.25.16
Leading Supply Chain, Franchise and Restaurant Industry Attorneys
Join Gardere in Dallas and New Denver Office
 01.25.16
Law360 Highlights Addition of Three Gardere Partners
 01.21.16
Partners Jess Dance and Joyce Mazero Featured in The American
Lawyer