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Sam Thompson
Associate
Expertise
  • Fraud
  • Commercial Arbitration
  • Commercial & Contractual Disputes
Qualifications & Education
  • History (BA), University of Manchester
  • Environmental Technology (MSc), Imperial College London
Admissions
  • Law Society of England and Wales
Languages
  • French

Sam advises financial institutions, corporates and entrepreneurs in complex, cross-border commercial matters in the English Courts and in international arbitrations. He specialises in corporate and shareholder disputes, contract disputes, energy and commodity disputes, and financial crime.

Sam also has experience in contentious trust and private wealth matters. He advises trustees, executors, and beneficiaries in relation to a broad range of disputes.

Background

Sam graduated from Manchester University and Imperial College London, and qualified as a solicitor at Macfarlanes in 2016. Shortly afterwards, he moved to Switzerland and worked for international law firms in Geneva.  He joined Enyo in 2022.    

Reported cases
  • Adelon AG -v- Sib Coal AG [2021]
  • Integral Petroleum SA -v- Petrogat FZA & Ors [2021] EWHC 1365 (Comm)
  • Integral Petroleum SA & Ors -v- Bank GPB International SA & Ors [2022] EWHC 659 (Comm)
  • Farhad Azima -v- RAKIA & Ors [2022] EWHC 790, [2022] EWHC 1295, [2022] EWHC 2727, [2022] EWHC 2980, [2023] EWHC 693, [2023] EWCA Civ 507, [2023] EWHC 1923, [2023] EWHC 2108
  • Karam Al Sadeq -v- Dechert LLP & Ors; Jihad Quzmar -v- Dechert LLP & Another [2022] EWHC 1197, [2023] EWHC 795, [2023] EWCA 1467, [2024] EWCA 28
Other recent and noteworthy experience
  • Acting for a minority shareholder in a multi-million dollar LCIA arbitration concerning a major Georgian telecommunications company.
  • Obtaining a worldwide freezing injunction for a Swiss commodities trading company in support of arbitration proceedings.
  • Acting for a UK and Swiss oil trader in a multi-million dollar LCIA arbitration against the largest crude oil producer in Turkmenistan.
News
Oct 17, 2024
Enyo Law has once again been ranked in Chambers and Partners UK 2025
We are delighted to share that once again, Enyo Law has been ranked in the latest edition of the Chambers...
Oct 16, 2024
The big freeze 2: Isabel dos Santos v Unitel S.A. [2024] EWCA Civ 1109
Following on from our previous article (The big freeze: Unitel SA v Unitel International Holdings BV & Anor) on the...
Oct 2, 2024
Enyo Law secures key positions in Legal 500 UK 2025 rankings
We are pleased to share that once again, Enyo Law has been ranked across fraud, litigation and international arbitration in...
Sep 26, 2024
ICC and LCIA Arbitration Statistics 2023: In-Depth Analysis and Insights
Arbitration continues to be a widespread method for resolving complex commercial disputes across a myriad of industries. Following Leonie Ghirardi's...