John J. Maalouf
John J. Maalouf, a mensan, is the Senior Partner of Maalouf Ashford & Talbot, LLP. Maalouf is recognized as an expert in the fields of international trade & finance law, oil & gas, and international mergers and acquisitions.
Education
Maalouf, a native of Boston, attended college at Boston University. There he pursued a bachelor of science in economics and graduated in 1990. Upon completing his undergraduate degree, Maalouf attended law school at Suffolk University where he earned his J.D. in 1993. He subsequently returned to Boston University and completed a Legum Magister (LL.M.) in 1994, with a specialization in international banking and financial services.
Career
After a decade of working within the area of financial services law, Maalouf, in 2005, started his own firm named Maalouf Law Firm, LLC. In 2009, Maalouf Law Firm merged with Ashford & Talbot, LLP. to form the present day Maalouf Ashford & Talbot, LLP.
Awards and recognition
Maalouf, for seven consecutive years, has been ranked among the top 10 attorneys in the United States in the area of International Trade and Finance Law by the U.S. Lawyer Rankings (2006–2012). The U.S. Lawyer Rankings is an independent ranking company which accepts no advertising or payments of any kind. Attorneys are nominated by members of the BAR, Judiciary, and by the senior management of large corporations. See Maalouf Ashford & Talbot for information on firm awards.
In 2011, Maalouf received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Service to Profession at a Boston University convocation.
Maalouf was a speaker at the Oil Council 2010 Americas Assembly held in New York City. He spoke on the first day of the event alongside other internationally recognized experts in the oil and gas banking industry such as Tom Petrie (Bank of America Merrill Lynch), Lance Crist (The World Bank), and Bobby Tudor (Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.).
On January, 8th, 2008, Maalouf was featured on Close-Up Business in America, which aired on CNN. The 16 minute interview highlighted much of Maalouf's recent work for his clients.
Publications
Maalouf co-authored Best Practices for Mergers and Acquisitions in China, 2011 Edition, which was published by Thomson West in April 2011. The book covers important issues when advising and representing clients involved in mergers and acquisitions in China. It is part of Thomson West's Inside the Minds series, where select experts provide tried and proven advice on some of the most important issues facing an industry, profession, or topic.
U.S. International Trade Policy
Maalouf contributed to two reports on U.S. international trade policy as a member of the Committee on International Trade, a New York City Bar Association committee. In the report, Bilateral Investment Treaties–Evolution or Regression?, the committee outlined drawbacks of previous arrangements and suggested possible improvements for future bilateral investment treaties (BIT). Similarly, in a second report, The Ramifications of the Port Security Legislation on Trade and National Security, the committee outlined factors and consequences relating to foreign direct investment and national security, and set forth standard provisions which should be included in all port security legislation.