Scott Samuel is an Of Counsel of Fire & Frost Consulting. Mr. Samuel is a London based lawyer who has wide ranging commercial experience and has advised sponsors, governments and lenders on a number of complex national and international transactions.
Mr. Samuel has worked for a number of leading international law firms in London and Singapore and was a Banking & Finance Partner in the London office of a leading US law firm. His transactional experience includes acting for:
- Consortium of investors on the proposed acquisition of Forbes, including fund structuring arrangements;
- A private family office in relation to their disposition of significant gold assets in Kazakhstan;
- The international lenders in relation to the financing and acquisition of an international portfolio of generation assets;
- A European multilateral lending institution in connection with the development and financing of a Renewable Energy Fund.
Project Finance
- The sponsors in relation to the development and financing of the US$3,700,000,000 Ras Laffan C Water and Power Project in Qatar.
- The sponsors in relation to the development and financing of the Medgaz pipeline project (between Algeria and Spain).
Debt Rescheduling
- The secured creditors to a Thai telecom’s company, in relation to the refinancing of its US$1,300,000,000 debt facilities, including extensive negotiations with IFC.
- The international commercial creditors to a significant Asian business group, in relation to the restructuring of its US$13 billion debt facilities.
Mr. Samuel received his law degree from the University of Wales and is admitted to practice in England and Wales. Mr. Samuel may be reached by phone at +355 4 450 0230 or by e-mail at [email protected].
