Sam advises financial institutions, corporates, developers and entrepreneurs in complex, cross-border commercial disputes before the English Courts and in international arbitration. He specialises in corporate and shareholder disputes, contract disputes, energy and commodity disputes, and construction related issues.
Sam has a particular focus on construction, engineering and projects disputes, including claims arising out of major commercial and infrastructure developments. His growing practice involves high-value, technically complex matters and advising on litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution strategies.
Sam is undertaking an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College London and is a member of the Society of Construction Law.
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.
- 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
- LCN Sapphire Trustee 1 Ltd v Wiseman and Ors [2025] EWHC 1839 (Comm)
- 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.
- Acting for a major Brazilian oil producer in a multi-million dollar dispute concerning the quality of a shipment of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).
- Acting for various parties in response to Norwich Pharmacal proceedings.
- Acting for a major Cypriot retail bank in relation to a dispute arising out of its acquisition of another Cypriot bank’s business in 2018. "
- Acting for a Japanese technology conglomerate in English legal proceedings.
