Sam specialises in syndicated lending and international banking transactions across the credit spectrum, focusing on corporate and event-driven lending, public and private acquisition financings, pre- and post-IPO financings, and corporate leveraged finance transactions, with wide ranging experience acting for both borrowers and lenders in domestic and international transactions, and advising corporates, arrangers and sponsors. His broad sector experience spans financial services, mining, energy, consumer, healthcare, retail, housebuilding, telecommunications, business services and construction.
Sam also has a breadth of experience in acting on a variety of restructurings and insolvencies, including advising Steinhoff International on its distressed debt and subsequent restructuring and six months spent on-site advising PwC as Joint Administrators of Lehman Brothers during its administration. Sam's also completed a client secondment at Citi's Leveraged Finance desk in 2012, gaining significant commercial experience within the banking sector.
Sam has been ranked in Mergerlinks' list of the Top Ten Financing Lawyers in EMEA, ranking first in 2024.
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Sam has mentored students from the Eastside Young Leaders' Academy, an East London supplementary school that provides educational and leadership opportunities for young Black and ethnic minority people. He is also a sponsor of the Firm's Race Action Plan.
Sam holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC) from the College of Law and a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP (GDL). For his undergraduate degree, Sam obtained a Bachelor of Science in Politics (1st class) from Bristol University.
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