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.

University of Southern California Law Center, J.D., 1983.

University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., cum laude, 1980.
Four-year Letterman, Heavyweight Crew; Bronze Medalist, Pacific Ten Conference Championships, 1980; Silver Medalist, Western Sprints, 1980.

Member, California State Bar, Business Law Section; Former Member, Uniform Commercial Code Committee; Vice Chair, Article 2 Subcommittee; 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.

Member of the Board and Chair of the Personnel Committee, Genesis LA Economic Development Corporation.

Member of the Board of Directors, Imaging Presentation Partners.

Member of the Board of Directors, Catalina Capital Advisors.

Member of the Board of Directors of YMCA-Westchester.

Panelist:  “The State of Play in M&A” Los Angeles County Bar Association, June 2009.

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.

Finalist, “M&A Deal of the Year” hosted by M&A Advisor with respect to merger of Jamba Juice Company and Services Acquisitions Corp. International – 2006.

Winner “Out of Court Reorganization of the Year” hosted by M&A Advisor for reorganization of Allied Cash Holdings, LLC - 2009.

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).