Sam Garforth-Bles
Sam joined V&E as an associate in 2019 after practicing at a top-ranked Canadian firm. Sam’s principal areas of practice are project development, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Sam has assisted.
Experience Highlights
Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in Total Operations and Production Services, a leading provider of gas compression services for the Permian Basin with a focus on electric driven compression systems that offer customers improved performance and reduced emissions, from Black Bay Energy Capital
Terra Energy Partners in the $60 million acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Ursa Piceance Holdings, following a comprehensive 363 sale process and competitive auction as part of Ursa’s chapter 11 cases
KKR in the $5.7 billion merger between Independence Energy and Contango (pending)
Grenadier Energy Partners II in its sale of certain assets to HighPeak Energy
Elliott Management in a convertible debt investment in an offshore oil and gas exploration company in Guyana
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and its Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund, in the construction and permanent debt financing with HSBC Bank USA, as Lead Arranger, to develop, construct and operate a portfolio of eight solar projects in Maine
Credentials
- University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, J.D., 2016
- Rice University, B.A. Philosophy, 2012
- Sam was on secondment to a client and returned April 12, 2021
- Prior to law, Sam was a professional tennis player and captain of the Rice University men’s tennis team
- Alberta, Ontario
- Texas
- French (conversational)
- Deals & CasesAugust 13, 2021
- Deals & CasesJune 8, 2021