Gemma L. Descoteaux
Recognized since 2016
Dallas, Texas
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Gemma L. Descoteaux is a partner in the Corporate Practice group in the firm's Dallas office. She is Chair of lateral partner recruiting for the Dallas office.
Gemma represents buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; participants in complex domestic, international and cross-border joint ventures and partnerships; providers and customers of outsourcing services; and companies who are in need of sound corporate commercial counsel in a wide range of industries, including technology, real estate, entertainment/news media, manufacturing, business process outsourcing, and healthcare.
She is a seasoned and practical business partner to clients as they strategically merge, acquire, divest, collaborate and align within the marketplace. Gemma brings a unique and practical perspective on legal matters as a result of her work on a seconded basis at Olin Corporation (negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, managing a large inter-disciplinary team, and coordinating acquisition integration related matters), her work as a contract negotiator on the business side at Texas Instruments (negotiating complex defense systems and electronics joint venture agreements, advanced development agreements, and intermediate and high volume production contracts ), her work in house at EXE Technologies (providing commercial counsel and IPO counsel), her work on a seconded basis at Computer Sciences Corporation (managing M&A and negotiating strategic alliances), and at ACS (handling securities and board governance matters and negotiating M&A transactions).
- 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 5200
Dallas, TX 75201
- Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated 1998
582 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
279 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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