Alain Maillot

Advisor at Optimalex

Alain Maillot has been active in advising clients in international transactions with the exception of a one-year study at the University of Chicago Law School.

As a merger and acquisitions lawyer, he has been involved in representing buyers or sellers of companies and creating joint ventures between European and non-European entities. He has also represented investors acquiring companies in connection with privatizations.

He regularly represents both industrial buyers and private equity investors. He has recently engaged in teaching cross-border mergers in Paris primarily but has also been an adjunct professor in New York and in Singapore.

Both Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier as a firm and Alain Maillot as an individual have been consistently ranked among the best 5 business lawyers in France by Chambers and Partners.

Alain Maillot holds a PhD from Paris Law School. He graduated MBA from Institut d’Administration des Entreprises and a Master in Comparative Law both from Institut de Droit Comparé (Paris) and MCL from Chicago Law School.