LAWYER PROFILE

Sam Newhouse

UK 2026

Latham & Watkins

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above

London (Firms)

2 years ranked

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas

UK-wide

7 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Sam Newhouse, Global Vice Chair of the firm’s M&A Practice, advises clients on a broad mixture of high-value public and private M&A transactions and joint ventures, across a range of sectors. He has extensive experience handling complex cross-border transactions, regularly working across Europe, the US, Africa, and India.

Sam has spent time seconded to ExxonMobil Corporation’s M&A Legal Team in London and to Hewlett Packard’s M&A Legal Team in Geneva.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above - London (Firms)

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Sam Newhouse maintains an excellent corporate practice advising multinational companies on cross-border M&A transactions. He currently sits as global vice chair of the firm's M&A practice.

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Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas - UK-wide

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Sam Newhouse is held in high regard for his strong M&A-focused practice. He regularly acts for global energy companies on the acquisition and disposal of upstream and midstream oil and gas assets.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Sam is fantastic.
Corporate/M&A: £800 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Clients love Sam.
Corporate/M&A: £800 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Sam is unbelievably impressive. He remembers every string of a transaction.
Corporate/M&A: £800 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Sam Newhouse is excellent.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Sam Newhouse is on top of the negotiations. He gives us a lot of confidence that we have all the protections that we need, and the quality of work he does is exceptional.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Guide to the Legal Profession