Samantha practises in the area of mergers & acquisitions, equity capital markets and venture capital transactions. Samantha has been recognised by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Lawyer.
Samantha has worked on some of Australia's largest infrastructure and energy transactions including Sydney's WestConnex project and the privatisation of the NSW distribution network services providers, Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy, in both cases advising the successful bidder as well as a short-listed bidder for TransGrid. Samantha also regularly advises clients in respect of Australia's foreign investment law and policy and its security of critical infrastructure program.
Samantha is a key member of Ashurst's FinTech team and is experienced in all aspects of the investment process from due diligence, term sheet negotiation, seed funding, security terms for Series A & Series B preference Shares, warrants, convertible notes, employee share plans and eventually through to exit (trade sales, dual tracks and IPOs). Samantha's practice includes acting for VC funds, FinTech companies and their founders and corporate investors.