Samuel Okafor
Partner
Practice
Antitrust & Competition
Merger control, conduct investigations and competition litigation before agencies and courts in the US, UK and EU.
§ 01Overview
We secure clearance for transactions before the US agencies, the UK Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission, and defend clients in conduct investigations and private damages actions.
Economists and deal lawyers join the team from the outset, so the antitrust strategy shapes the transaction rather than reacting to it.
§ 02Key contacts
Key contacts
§ 03Experience
Representative matters
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Advised Osric Therapeutics on its sale to Pendray Life Sciences
Negotiated the merger agreement and contingent value rights for a clinical-stage biotech, with antitrust clearance in the US and UK.
Mergers & Acquisitions · Antitrust & Competition
US$2.1 billion
Defending a payments company in a consumer protection investigation by state attorneys general
Representing the company in a multistate inquiry into fee disclosures.
Investigations & White Collar · Antitrust & Competition
Secured unconditional clearance for Marlow Semiconductors' acquisition of Ostara Photonics
Managed merger-control filings in the US, UK and EU, including a second request response.
Antitrust & Competition · Mergers & Acquisitions
US$950 million
§ 04Insights
Related insights
What our deal teams are seeing going into 2027
Notes from our M&A, finance and antitrust lawyers on how transactions are being negotiated, financed and reviewed.
Preparing for a second request: a timeline for merging parties
An in-depth merger review is a project with a timetable. Parties who plan it from the term sheet keep control of it.
§ 05Related