Mark Lazarus
Commercial, IP and FMCG lawyer in Sydney. 20+ years across private practice, the NSW Bar, and senior in-house roles at Monster Energy EMEA.
2,000+
Founders advised
$10M+
Recovered through IP enforcement
500+
Trade marks registered
2,000+
Capital raises structured
Who Mark is, in two paragraphs.
Mark Lazarus is the Director of Lazarus Legal, a Sydney commercial law firm established in 1975. He has more than 20 years of experience across private practice, the NSW Bar, and senior in-house roles, including six years as Legal Counsel and then Legal Director EMEA at Monster Energy in London. Mark is admitted to practice in three jurisdictions: the Supreme Court of NSW, the Bar of NSW, and as a Solicitor of England and Wales.
Lazarus Legal has registered 500+ trade marks for Australian businesses, recovered over $10 million through infringement proceedings, and advised more than 2,000 founders through deals up to $50 million. Mark is a mentor at the Macquarie University Incubator, a Premium Partner of the Australian Furniture Association, and a recurring speaker on commercial law, IP, and the practical use of AI in legal work.
The facts, at a glance.
Director, Lazarus Legal (2017 to present)
BBA/LLB, Macquarie University. PLT at College of Law Sydney.
Supreme Court of NSW (2004) · Solicitor of England & Wales (2008) · Bar of NSW (2010)
About Mark.
A barrister who went in-house at a global FMCG brand, came back into practice, and now runs commercial law the way founders need it run.
Mark Lazarus joined Lazarus Legal as Director in 2017, after six years in London running the EMEA legal function for Monster Energy, one of the world’s largest energy drink brands. The firm itself was founded in 1975 by Barry Lazarus, who remains its CEO, and now operates from Bondi Junction with additional offices in Adelaide and Burleigh Heads.
Mark’s path through law has been a deliberate alternation between private practice, the bar, and in-house leadership. After graduating from Macquarie University with a BBA/LLB and completing his PLT at the College of Law, he was admitted to the Supreme Court of NSW in 2004, qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2008, and was called to the Bar of NSW in 2010. He practised as a barrister out of Edmund Barton Chambers and then Second Floor Selborne Chambers, before moving in-house at Monster Energy in 2013 as Legal Counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and then as Legal Director for the region from 2016.
At Monster he managed a team in London, handled global bottling agreements with Coca-Cola, negotiated athlete endorsement and sponsorship deals, and contributed to the development of energy drink regulation at international conferences.
That mix of barrister and in-house experience is what now defines how Mark practices. He has worked inside a fast-moving global brand and knows what the legal function looks like when it lives or dies by commercial outcome. The service model he runs at Lazarus Legal is what he describes as Advisor-on-Tap, or external in-house counsel: practical, embedded, fixed-scope where possible, and built around how a business moves rather than how a traditional law firm bills.
Two decades, three jurisdictions.
First admission as a solicitor.
Second jurisdiction qualified.
Edmund Barton Chambers and Second Floor Selborne Chambers.
2015-2016