Samuel Malpass

Overview

I’m Counsel in our Jersey Finance and Corporate practice, and work on cross-border transactions for private and listed companies.

I have extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, group restructurings, joint ventures, IPOs and secondary offerings, corporate governance and corporate migrations.

I also advise borrowers and lenders on acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, asset finance, project finance and security enforcement.

Prior to joining Mourant Ozannes in 2016, I worked in the UK Corporate department of DLA Piper.

Professional qualifications

• Advocate, Jersey, 2021
• Solicitor, the British Virgin Islands, 2016
• Solicitor, England and Wales, 2012 (currently non-practising)
• Distinction in Master's degree (LLM)
• Read Law at Durham University (LLB)

Work highlights

• Counsel to Flutter Entertainment plc on its €3.4 billion acquisition of a further 37.2% stake in FanDuel Group Parent LLC, implemented in part by way of a Jersey cash box structure
• Counsel to Aedifica (Belgian listed) on its c.£450million acquisition of 93 care home properties across England from Lone Star
• Counsel to MegaFon (FTSE listed) on its US$740 million acquisition of a controlling stake in Mail.Ru Group (FTSE listed)
• Counsel to Intertrust N.V. on its £435 million acquisition of the Elian Group
• Counsel to Jamestown private equity on their acquisition of shares in S.A. Las Piedras

What the directories say

In Legal 500 UK 2025, Sam is named as a Recommended Lawyer in Corporate and Commercial. A source comments: "Sam Malpass is a very responsive and commercial lawyer. Always available and ready with a sensible answer to queries."

Sam is recognised as a Notable Practitioner in IFLR1000 2024.

Sam is recognised as a Notable Practitioner in Capital Markets: Equity and M&A in IFLR1000 2023.

"Technically strong and pragmatic, always helpful and efficient." Legal 500 UK.