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Sam Thompson
Associate
Expertise
  • Fraud
  • Commercial Arbitration
  • Commercial & Contractual Disputes
  • Construction, Engineering & Projects Disputes
Qualifications & Education
  • History (BA), University of Manchester
  • Environmental Technology (MSc), Imperial College London
  • Construction Law and Dispute Resolution (MSc), King’s College London (in progress)
Admissions
  • Law Society of England and Wales
Languages
  • French

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 currently studying for an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College London.

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.
  • 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. "
News
Mar 12, 2026
Presence, Not Residence: Court of Appeal Blocks UK Service on Defendant under Travel Ban
Fridman v Agrofirma Oniks LLC and another [2026] EWCA Civ 139 The Court of Appeal unanimously held that a Defendant...
Mar 10, 2026
What ICSID 2025 statistics mean for investors and states
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has published caseload statistics with data on its cases in 2025....
Feb 17, 2026
Out of time to add or substitute a party? Court of Appeal raises questions about test for mistake
Adcamp LLP (formerly known as Pitmans LLP) v Office Properties PL Limited & Ors [2026] EWCA Civ 50 In two...
Feb 13, 2026
Court can require compliance with an arbitral tribunal’s peremptory order granting anti-suit relief
The Court of Appeal in LLC Eurochem North-West-2 v Tecnimont SPA [2026] EWCA Civ 5 has confirmed that the court...