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Sam Lawson

Partner

Melbourne

+61 3 8372 1109 0401 717 698

Sam is a highly experienced Commercial Partner, with a practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, investments and fundraising, joint ventures, technology contracting, corporate governance and broader business advisory matters. 

EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Sam has practised at other leading firms in Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as in-house as general counsel of Sigma Healthcare Limited. He has extensive mid‑market transactional work experience guiding founders, investors and business leaders through complex and strategic legal challenges.

Sam brings to Moray & Agnew a pragmatic, solutions‑driven style, with extensive experience guiding founders, investors and business leaders through strategic legal challenges.

Sam’s core expertise is in:

  • Private mergers and acquisitions
  • Investments and fundraising
  • Joint ventures and shareholder agreements
  • Management/employee equity schemes
  • Corporate governance
  • Complex contracting.

Sam’s recent mergers and acquisitions experience includes advising:

  • CNX on its sale to First Focus
  • Bourne Digital on its sale to Accenture
  • The management team of Invetech on their management buyout from Fortive Corporation
  • Get Wines Direct on its sale to Boozebud
  • A care economy entrepreneur on the acquisition of Complete Care Disability Services
  • Olympic33 on investment/joint venture in Sentient Dynamics
  • Sigma Healthcare on is acquisition of Medical Industries Australia.

 

Expertise

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Hons), 2000, University of Adelaide
  • Bachelor of Commerce, 1998  University of Adelaide 

Memberships

  • Law Institute of Victoria