Sam Sharp
Senior Associate
Nottingham
sam.sharp@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)115 908 4812
Sam is a senior associate in the corporate team and was named Solicitor of the Year at the Nottinghamshire Law Society Awards 2021. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, trade disposals, private equity transactions, company reorganisations, corporate governance arrangements and provides general corporate law advice to clients.
Sam is the head of our food and drink group and has advised a range of clients in the sector, including multinational food and drink manufacturers and distributors, national retailers, restaurant chains and suppliers on a wide range of corporate matters.
Sam also focuses on the higher education and has acted for a number of higher education institutions on spinouts and corporate activities. He has presented at various conferences including the AULP and PraxisAuril conference as well as hosted various webinars including on topics such as spinouts and the commercialisation of intellectual property.
Featured experience
Sephora
Advised omnichannel prestige beauty retailer Sephora (owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group, the world’s leading luxury group) on its acquisition of Feelunique, a major online prestige beauty retailer in the United Kingdom.
IB Group
Acted on the sale of UK’s largest tech enabled confectionery distributor and wholesaler IBG.
Nowcomm
Advised the majority shareholders on the sale of Nowcomm.
Hopwells
Acted for one of the UK’s largest independent family run frozen food wholesalers, Hopwells on its acquisition of one of its competitors, Windsor Foodservice.
Testimonials
"Named Solicitor of the Year at the Nottinghamshire Law Society Awards 2021."
"Expert who is willing to work in a way which works for us as a client – they make the difference in the way they work with us. We have an honest relationship, which works both ways."
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