Timothy Mak | Practice Leader | Franchise Law

Tim Mak

Practice Leader

Practice Areas

Business Structuring
Corporate and Commercial
Franchising
Regulatory and Compliance

Tim has helped us at each stage to expand to become a truly global business. He has exceptional local and international law expertise and was invaluable in assisting with the growth phase of our business. He also has a commercial, practical perspective on the law which is very valuable to any fast-growing business.

Craig Caruana, Flip Out International

Tim is a Practice Leader at LegalVision with a broad range of legal experience in commercial and franchising law as well as business sales.

Prior to his role at LegalVision, Tim was Managing Partner of the franchise specialist law firm DCS Lawyers. Tim was also General Counsel for Gloria Jean’s Coffees International and Fastway. With over 10 years’ experience leading the legal departments within successful international franchise businesses, he has unique expertise in guiding the growth and expansion of Australian-based franchise networks.

Tim also has extensive experience dealing with regulatory bodies including the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Australian Skills Quality Authority with a focus on assisting Registered Training Organisations with registration and compliance issues. This includes dealing with disputes in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Tim’s experience gives him a commercial perspective on the law. He sees this as a crucial element of the way that he provides legal advice and expertise to his clients.

In his spare time Tim enjoys cycling, travelling and observing politics from afar.

Expertise

Business Structuring and Strategic Advice

Advising clients on international growth strategies and relocating head offices overseas, particularly the UAE and Singapore.

Advising clients wishing to sell or take stakes in fast-growing businesses, as well as advising sellers and buyers of medium and large private businesses.

Advising general commercial and RTO clients in dealing with all aspects of regulatory issues arising with the ACCC and ASQA.

Franchising

Advising and guiding clients with franchising challenges, both domestic and international.

Client Reviews

The legal work provided by the team at LegalVision has been invaluable to Just Cuts. LegalVision’s balance between quality and efficiency is particularly impressive and integral to the success of our many franchised outlets. Their lawyers maintain a consistently high quality of service and their fixed-fee approach is a breath of fresh air.

Amber Turnbull, Just Cuts (COO)

LegalVision assisted with a number of legal docs and advice including negotiating with large corporates. They demonstrate pragmatism, experience and deep understanding of our business' risk profile, and has led to us counting LegalVision as an integral ingredient to the overall success of our business.

Anthony Bekker, ROKT (Head of Operations Strategy)

We have worked with LegalVision on our shareholders agreement, employee share scheme and a capital raise. Their fees are very reasonable compared to “name” firms and they have repeatedly gone the extra mile and demonstrate they know the startup space.

John Baini, TruePillars (Co-Founder & CEO)

LegalVision's lawyers are the team you want by your side when reviewing and negotiating contract terms. We’ve worked with LegalVision during our Friends & Family Round where they prepared our convertible notes, and during our seed round which we closed with excellent terms and well ahead of schedule.

Federico Collarte, Baraja Pty Ltd (Founder)

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Tim Mak

Practice Areas

Expertise

Business Structuring and Strategic Advice

Franchising

Client Reviews

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Meet Tim Mak

Tim Mak

Practice Areas

Expertise

Business Structuring and Strategic Advice

Franchising

Client Reviews

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