Sam Phillips
Sam is an associate in the M&A and Capital Markets team in London. 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 Highlights
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
- BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course (LPC), Distinction, 2018
- University of Nottingham, Bachelor of Laws with Honours (LLB), 2017
- Legal 500 UK, Emerging Markets, 2025
- England and Wales
- InsightSeptember 26, 2024
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- Deals & CasesSeptember 4, 2024
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