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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
Dec 4, 2024
AABAR Holdings v Glencore & Ors: the end of the Shareholder Rule?
Aabar Holdings S.a.r.l v Glencore Plc [2024] EWHC 3046 (Comm), handed down last week, is a key judgment on the...
Nov 29, 2024
Evgenia Loewe joins Enyo Law
Evgenia Loewe joins the firm as a Senior Counsel. We are delighted to welcome Evgenia Loewe, who joins the firm...
Nov 20, 2024
English Court refuses to extend anti-suit injunctive relief to claims against third parties
In Renaissance Securities (Cyprus) Limited v ILLC Chlodwig Enterprises and Others [2024] EWHC 2843 (Comm), the High Court confirmed the...
Oct 30, 2024
D’Aloia v Persons Unknown: a landmark judgment on tracing crypto fraud
Those following developments in the crypto space will be familiar with D’Aloia. In a judgment spanning over 80-pages handed down...