Sam Cross

Associate

Corporate

Overview

Sam is an associate in the London Corporate practice. He advises on global mergers and acquisitions (with a focus on EMEA and Central Asia), joint ventures, project development, offtake arrangements and regulatory advisory work within the energy and infrastructure sectors, covering upstream oil and gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), petrochemical facilities, power generation and related infrastructure. He also has experience advising boards and management on corporate governance matters including directors’ duties, ESG and governance best practices.

Experience

SOCAR on the issuance of a non-controlling stake in a subsidiary that holds a 7% interest in TANAP Doğalgaz İletim A.Ş., the owner and operator of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (“TANAP”), to Apollo Funds. The transaction is valued at $1 billion
Enviva Inc., a publicly traded company that is the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets as a source of renewable energy, in connection with supply contracts and general corporate matters
Kimmeridge in its acquisition of Commonwealth LNG, a project company developing an LNG liquefaction and export facility
ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. in connection with a two-stage transaction involving the purchase and on-sale of upstream interests in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
An oil & gas supermajor in relation to its exit from the UK North Sea through the divestment of its interests in a portfolio of North Sea assets, including several offshore producing assets and an exploration field, and a related gas processing terminal, to an independent upstream oil & gas company
An ASX and TSX-listed global lithium supplier on its merger-of-equals to create a top five global lithium chemicals company
A leading Australian tourism & leisure company in relation to a merger by way of scheme of arrangement with a New Zealand based tourism company to create one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest diversified tourism businesses
One of Australia’s largest meal delivery service providers in connection with a proposed sale
A leading construction company in connection with its A$145.6 million initial public offering on the ASX
An Australian based calcium exploration company on its re-compliance listing on the ASX
An Australian based gas exploration and production company on its underwritten placement, accelerated rights issue and convertible notes issue
A mineral resource company on a A$156 million capital raising by way of a fully underwritten placement to institutional investors of A$126 million and a A$30 million non-underwritten share purchase plan to shareholders in Australia and New Zealand
A leading textiles manufacturer on its corporate restructure in Australia, China and the United States