Overview

Sam is a senior associate in the London Corporate practice. He has experience across a broad range of complex, cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures and corporate finance. Sam has advised clients across a variety of industry sectors, with a particular focus on energy, infrastructure and natural resources.

The following is a list of representative matters in which Sam has assisted.

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

  • SCF Partners in its acquisition of the refinery valves business of CIRCOR International, Inc.

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority stake in OEG Energy Group, a leading offshore energy solutions business, with an implied headline valuation of more than $1 billion

  • A US private capital group on the formation of an energy investment platform

  • A privately owned oil and gas exploration company on the farmout of its interests in blocks offshore Namibia, which contain the Venus discovery, to a supermajor

  • A supermajor on the disposal of various assets in Nigeria

  • A Norwegian bank as lenders’ counsel on a $525 million reserve-based lending facility

  • A multinational bank on the project financing of a battery energy storage system (BESS) project, which is co-located with a solar farm, in the UK

  • A British independent energy company on the $407 million acquisition of an upstream and midstream asset portfolio in Chad and Cameroon from a supermajor

  • A British independent energy company on the acquisition of an interest in three onshore blocks in South Sudan for up to $1.25 billion from a multinational oil and gas company

  • A private exploration company on the farm-down of an interest in a block in the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia, ahead of a two well drilling campaign

  • An oil and gas company on the acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in The Republic of Congo

  • A U.S. technology and engineering company on its $400 million acquisition of an engineering consultancy company

  • A U.S. pharmaceutical company on its $6.47 billion acquisition of a wholesale distribution business in Europe

  • A UK real estate investment trust in on its £300 million underwritten equity capital raise

Credentials

Education

  • BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course (LPC), Distinction, 2018
  • University of Nottingham, Bachelor of Laws with Honours (LLB), 2017

Admissions

  • England and Wales

Recognitions

  • Legal 500 UK, Emerging Markets, 2025
Insights

Client Alerts

Europe Energy and Infrastructure M&A: Risks and Opportunities in 2025

Although 2024 marked another challenging year for M&A globally, the European energy and infrastructure market showed signs of resilience in …

February 12, 2025 • Published by IFLR

February 12, 2025 • 1-minute read

Client Alerts

European Renewable Energy M&A Expected To See Uptick

As energy transition investment picks up pace and inflationary pressures subside, the European renewable energy sector could see more high-value M&A transactions.

September 26, 2024 • Published by IFLR

September 26, 2024 • 1-minute read

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