Samantha Cook

Associate
Pacific Legal Network

Sam is an Associate in the Corporate and International Business team at Pacific Legal Network, with a focus on cross-border M&A, corporate advisory and general commercial law matters. She was also BOSS Emerging Leaders’ MBA Scholarship recipient in 2016.

Having kick-started her legal career in Beijing at a top-tier international law firm, Sam is interested in the legal, regulatory and corporate governance issues affecting Chinese outbound investment transactions. Mandarin language skills and extensive in-country experience have developed her understanding of the opportunities and challenges of doing business with China.

Sam’s experience includes involvement in a wide-range of private and public M&A transactions including joint ventures, private acquisitions, schemes and takeovers. Extensive travel in the Pacific as well as China has sparked her desire to enhance and promote meaningful business collaboration between China and the Pacific. Source: Pacific Legal Network

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