Samy Mansour
Clayton Utz
Samy "has a very good ability to cut through noise. He gets issues quickly and he gives very good commercial advice"
–Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer
Samy specialises in investments, sales, joint ventures, projects, corporate governance and supply arrangements across a number of key industries including energy, infrastructure, resources, transport, health, digital, manufacturing and retail.
In addition, Samy advises clients on impact investing transactions, corporate governance arrangements and directors' duties.
Samy is valued for his client-centric focus and solution-oriented approach – he "plays a key role in major cross-border transactions, is praised by clients... is very reliable both in terms of quality and timing… and is always ready to make helpful and practical suggestions not just on purely legal matters" (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific).
He is recognised as a leading lawyer by Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, Doyle's Guide, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and the Lawyers Weekly, and was the first Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Legal Innovation at the College of Law.
AMPCI's Infrastructure Bids: acted for AMPCI on various bids for infrastructure projects in Queensland and Victoria, including its successful bid for stakes in the Victorian desalination plant.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquisition: conducted due diligence and advised on transaction documentation for AJG's A$1 billion acquisition of Wesfarmers's insurance broking and premium funding businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Australia Pacific LNG: prepared subscription documentation for Sinopec's US$1.5 billion subscription for a 15% interest in APLNG and further subscription for shares to hold 25%.
Byggfakta Group's Acquisition of BCI Media: advised on Byggfakta's acquisition of BCI Media, a leading business-to-business information provider for the Asia-Pacific and US construction industries.
BP: Acted on Australian legal aspects of bp's sale of a 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak at an enterprise value of US$10 billion.
Genuine Parts Company: advised NYSE-listed Genuine Parts Company on increasing its stake in Australian-based Inenco Group to 100%.
Infosys: acted for Infosys on its acquisition of the business of Carter Digital, one of Australia's leading experience design agencies, its A$98 million (including the upfront amount and earnouts, but excluding management incentives and retention bonuses) acquisition of leading information technology group The Missing Link and its A$233 million agreement to acquire a 75% interest in the Versent Group, with Telstra Group Ltd retaining a 25% interest in that business.
Macquarie Bank's Acquisition of Active Utilities: acted for Macquarie Bank on its acquisition of an interest in Active Utilities, a fast-growing embedded electricity and utility network operator.
Nippon Steel Corporation, Mitsui & Co., Ltd, Nippon Steel Trading Corporation, Shinsho Corporation and JFE Mineral Co., Ltd: advised the consortium on its acquisition of a 12% interest in the Grosvenor coal mine, recognised as the Infrastructure and Projects Deal of the Year, and Nippon Steel Corporation on its US$720 million acquisition of a 20% interest in the Blackwater mine and US$1.36 billion joint venture with BlueScope Steel to form NS BlueScope.
Origin Energy's Strategic Transactions: acted for Origin Energy on various multibillion dollar transactions including acquisitions (for example, its acquisition of OC Energy), joint ventures, generation trading rights.
Pacific National Acquisitions: advised Pacific National on its development of a major freight hub at St Marys, on various rail haulage arrangements and the acquisition of Aurizon's intrastate intermodal business.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen: advised Wallenius Wilhelmsen on its $332.5 million sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Melbourne International RoRo & Auto Terminal Pty Ltd to Australian Amalgamated Terminals Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qube Holdings Limited.