Lance Sacks

Lance Sacks

Partner
Baker & McKenzie

Biography

Lance is a corporate lawyer, having advised clients on many complex mergers and acquisitions transactions (including public market takeovers and schemes of arrangements), private M&A (both sell and buy side), private equity and capital raisings.

Lance is a sector-agnostic M&A practitioner who has extensive experience in the execution of complex and time-critical M&A transactions. He is regarded as a market-leading M&A lawyer, including having been recognised in Best Lawyers in Australia in Mergers & Acquisitions.

Practice Focus

Lance's practice focuses on corporate/mergers and acquisitions. He is the co-practice group leader of the Transactions Practice Group of the Baker McKenzie Australia office.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Tasman Capital, a private investment firm focused on investments in Australia and New Zealand, with its acquisition of Black Mount Holdings from the Growth Fund, being a specialist business in sourcing and transporting natural spring and mineral water to the bottled water industry including for brands such as Neverfail, Nu-Pure and Mount Franklyn.
  • Advised PointsBet Holdings Limited on its contested takeover transaction involving MIXI, Inc., a Japanese consumer technology company listed on the TSE and betr Entertainment Limited, an Australian digital wagering operator listed on the ASX.
  • Advised ASX-listed Beetaloo Energy (formerly Empire Energy) (ASX:BTL) in connection with all of its fundraising, M&A, joint venture, investment and operational activities.
  • Advised Murray Cod Australia Limited (ASX:MCA) on its successful placement and accelerated pro rata entitlement offer (AUD 20.4 million fully subscribed).
  • Advised Shell on the sale of PowerMetric to Intellihub (owned by Brookfield and Pacific Equity Partners).
  • Advised Tasman Capital on the exercise of its option to acquire an additional 15% interest in Serenitas.
  • Advised Tasman Capital and GIC on the sale of the Serenitas lifestyle communities platform to PEP and Mirvac for over AUD 1 billion.
  • Advised Shell on its exit from Pakistan via a sale to Saudi WAFI Energy.
  • Advised RGT Capital on its acquisition of Young Henry brewing and the proposed acquisition of Tribe brewing.
  • Advised Brazilian global personal care cosmetics group Natura & Co on the Australian aspects of the sale of Australian luxury cosmetics brand Aesop to L’Oreal for USD 2.53 billion (AUD 3.7 billion), in the biggest deal for a luxury brand in Australian history.

Professional Honors

Lance is ranked as a "Notable Practitioner" and "Highly Regarded" in (amongst others) Corporate and M&A in Chambers Asia Pacific Guide and IFLR. Lance is also recognised in Best Lawyer in Australia for Mergers & Acquisitions Law.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Member of the ASIC Liaison Committee on Mergers & Acquisitions/Corporate Finance
  • Member of the Football Federation Australia's Judicial Bodies

Admissions

  • Supreme Court of New South Wales~Australia (1998)

Education

  • University of Sydney (Master of Law specialising in securities law)

Languages

  • English