§ 01Overview
Samuel Okafor represents companies in merger reviews and conduct investigations before the US antitrust agencies and state attorneys general, and in the private litigation that often follows.
Before joining the firm he spent six years as a trial attorney at a federal competition agency, which informs how he prepares clients for second requests and investigational hearings.
§ 02Experience
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
§ 03Credentials
Credentials
- Bar admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Education
- Calder University School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 2004
- Weston State University, B.S., Economics, 2000
- Languages
- English, Igbo
§ 04Insights
Insights by Samuel
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.