Armelle Maitre

As member of the Paris bar, Armelle Maitre was involved in the creation of the law firm Stehlin & Associés after six years spent at the Paris law firm Klein & Associés in corporate law and tax law. She became a partner of Stehlin & Associés in the M&A and corporate practice in 1991. Today, she leads the corporate and M&A team.

Ms Maitre hold a master’s degree in business law from the University of Paris-II Assas and a DEA (post-graduate degree) in business law from the University of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne; she practices in both French and English.

Ms Maitre has been recognised for her expertise in M&A, private equity, corporate law and incorporation of companies, and financing and capital markets.

Her clients include small, medium and mid-tier sized companies, investment funds and managers. While she has never intended to limit her practice to a single sector, she has more specific expertise in the food sector, financial and banking sectors, luxury products industry, new technologies and steel and chemical industry.

Her recent work includes advising Artal on its sale of 100% of the Mankattan Group in China to the Mexican Grupo Bimbo group, the world’s largest industrial baking company.

According to Ms Maitre, her main strength is her involvement with her clients, her capacity to find tailor-made and pragmatic legal solutions, her solid corporate and M&A background gained in working on a wide range of transactions for over 30 years and her transversal approach to assist them in solving complex and strategic operations, from the preliminary step (spin-off, carve-out) to the implementation of post-acquisition or merger integration processes.

“I distinguish myself from competitors thanks to a cohesive and stable team, a real commitment and being partner of an independent law firm” she said.