Sam is an experienced litigator with specialist expertise in complex commercial disputes relating to energy and resources, restructuring and insolvency, banking and finance, consumer law and regulatory compliance.
Sam regularly acts for sophisticated clients in a wide range of matters relating to external administrations, joint venture agreements, shareholder deeds, trusts, directors’ duties, oppression, misleading or deceptive conduct and regulatory investigations.
Sam has worked extensively in courts around Australia, including the Supreme Courts of WA, NSW, Victoria and SA, as well as the Federal Court.
Sam has been recognised as a Preeminent Lawyer for both Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency in Doyle's Guide of Leading Lawyers, and a Leading Lawyer in Best Lawyers Australia.
Sam's work highlights include:
- Woodside: Acting for Woodside in proceedings in the Supreme Court of WA arising out of the decommissioning of the Northern Endeavour and Laminaria-Corallina oil fields.
- Mining services contractor: Acting for a contractor in relation to a payment dispute and related security enforcement in the Federal Court.
- Lender enforcement: Acting for a lending syndicate in proceedings in the Supreme Court of WA regarding security enforcement and rights of subrogation.
- True North Copper: Advising KordaMentha in relation to the administration and restructure of True North Copper.
- Clough: Advising Deloitte in relation to the administration, sale and restructure of Clough, including proceedings in the Federal Court.
- Probuild: Advising Deloitte in relation to the administration, sale and restructure of Probuild, including proceedings in the Federal Court.
- Forex: Advising FTI as liquidators to pursue voidable transaction claims on behalf of Forex, including proceedings in the Federal Court.
- Wiluna: Advising FTI in relation to the administration of Wiluna Mining, including proceedings in the Supreme Court of WA.
- Alita: Advising KordaMentha in relation to the administration, receivership and restructure of Alita, including proceedings in the Supreme Court of WA.
- Griffin: Advising Griffin in relation to a dispute concerning an offtake agreement and force majeure claims in the Supreme Court of WA.
- JV participant: Acting for a JV participant in defending breach of contract, estoppel and misleading conduct claims in the Federal Court.
- Mining executive: Acting for a mining executive in defending allegations concerning misuse of confidential information and directors’ duty claims in the Supreme Court of WA.
- Property development: Acting for a property developer in relation to oppression, breach of trust and directors’ duty claims in the Supreme Court of SA.
