Professional Experience Mr. Maire's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity and debt transactions, commercial transactions, joint ventures, franchise-related matters, asset-based lending and other selected areas of financial services. His industry expertise includes retail, restaurant chains, food service, telecommunications, Internet, manufacturing and healthcare clients. Memberships & Activities Member, California State Bar, Business Law Section; Former Member, Uniform Commercial Code Committee; Vice Chair, Article 2 Subcommittee; Former Member, Advisory Board, The Business Law News. Member, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law; Forum on Franchising, Financial Lawyers Conference. Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association. Chairman-elect and Member of the Board, Genesis LA Economic Development Corporation. Member of the Board of Directors, Imaging Presentation Partners. Member of the Board of Directors of YMCA-Westchester. Member of the Board of Directors of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Honors & Awards Selected by Los Angeles Magazine as ranking among the "Top 5% of Attorneys in Southern California" in the practice areas of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, 2005-2009. Publications Co-Author, "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Mergers and Acquisitions: Implications and Recommended Best Practices for Acquirers and Targets" presented at the Los Angeles County Bar Association Securities Institute in October 2004, and published in the Business Law News. Co-Author, "Prelitigation Remedies," Chapter 13 and "Litigation Remedies," Chapter 14, in Sales and Leases in California Commercial Law Practice (David L. Wold, Ed., Continuing Education of the Bar 1993, Supp. 2008). Panelist: "The State of Play in M&A" Los Angeles County Bar Association, June 2009. |