Ms Sandy Mak > Corrs Chambers Westgarth > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Corrs Chambers Westgarth Offices

Level 6 Brookfield Place Tower 2
123 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Australia
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Ms Sandy Mak

Work Department
Capital Markets / Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions.
Position
Partner.
Career
Sandy is our head of corporate. She is a lawyer with few borders. Her career has focused on international corporate transactions, specialising in public and private mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions.
Sandy has spent a significant part of her career practising at a top magic circle firm in London and Hong Kong and at two global investment banks and has advised on numerous cross border transactions, including in India and China.
She has a strong background in regulated M&A, including schemes of arrangement, takeovers and dual-listed company structures. Sandy also advises on private M&A transactions, equity raisings, corporate restructures, buy-backs, ASIC and ASX regulatory work, foreign investment regulations and general corporate and commercial transactions.
https://www.corrs.com.au/people/sandy-mak
Memberships
Sydney University Law School Lecturer – Corporate and Securities Regulation (Takeovers and Schemes) Halsburys Laws of Australia – Takeovers and Acquisitions, Fundraising for Securities – Editor Corrs Chambers Westgarth Diversity Council Chair and Executive Leadership Team – Member.
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Fintech and financial services regulatory
With experience in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, Corrs Chambers Westgarth is highlighted for its FAR expertise. Operating out of Sydney, James North is experienced in tech transactions and co-leads the team with Sandy Mak and Mark Wilks. Steven Rice is a key contact for major Australian banks, and in Melbourne, Mizu Arda is experienced in financial crime work.
Australia > Corporate and M&A
(Leading partners)Corrs Chambers Westgarth regularly advises foreign investors on corporate takeovers, often involving both domestic and international private equity firms. The team’s strong regulatory expertise has been a key driver of its M&A success. Sandy Mak pairs her M&A knowledge with deep expertise in securities regulation, FDI rules and corporate governance. Andrew Lumsden‘s work spans cross-border M&A deals and both contested and negotiated takeovers, and Ricky Casali is highly experienced in handling buyouts and exit transactions for private equity clients. Glen Sauer enhances the team with his deep understanding of the venture capital sector, and Robert Clarke has advised private equity sponsors and investors for over 25 years.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Australia > Corporate and M&A
- Corporate and M&A Australia
- Fintech and financial services regulatory Australia
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Competition and trade
- Data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Infrastructure projects and construction
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Labour and employment
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- Environment and planning
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS)
- Tax
- White-collar crime
- Insurance
- Media and entertainment
- Native title
- Capital markets