Overview
Sam Snider is the managing partner of the Firm’s Atlanta office and focuses his practice on M&A transactions, joint ventures and private placements. He represents leading global companies on a wide variety of cross border transactions.
Before returning to private practice in 2017, Sam was chief legal and compliance officer, at a leading health information technology company. Sam also led the global M&A legal function for a FTSE 100 information and analytics company.
Results
- Represented Baker Hughes in its:
- Acquisition of Quest Integrity, a subsidiary of Team, Inc.
- Acquisition of Mosaic Materials, a developer of metal-organic framework absorbents for gas separation
- Acquisition of Quest Integrated, LLC, a designer and manufacturer or advanced robotic sensor systems that inspect, assess and monitor the integrity of critical energy infrastruture
- Acquisition of the assets of Veros Systems, Inc., an industrial asset monitoring company
- Investment in Ekona Power Inc., a Vancouver-based breakthrough energy technology company
- Investment in Augury, Inc., an artificial intelligence technology company
- Sale of its surface pressure control – flow business
- Sale of its reciprocating compression business*
- Represented The Coca-Cola Company in its:
- Acquisition of certain assets used in the non-alcohol ready-to-drink beverages business of Southern Bottlers Limited, a beverage producer and distributor in Malawi
- Acquisition of AB Inbev’s interest in certain assets of the non-alcohol ready-to-drink beverages business of Maluti Mountain Brewery, the Kingdom of Lesotho’s largest beverage producer
- Acquisition of Fairy Bottling Zambia, Ltd.*
- Acquisition of a majority interest in the non-alcohol ready to drink beverages business of Kgalagadi Breweries Limited in Botswana*
- Acquisition of the on the non-alcohol beverages business of Zambian Breweries PLC*
- Acquisition of a majority interest in the non-alcohol ready to drink beverage business of Swaziland Beverages Ltd.*
- Represented NationsBenefits in its:
- $126 million issuance of Series A Preferred securities to The Pritzker Organization, Denali Capital Partners and Monroe Capital
- $275 million issuance of Series B Preferred securities to General Atlantic
- Acquisition of DeliverLean, one of the country’s largest food manufacturers specializing in health and wellness
- Represented Skyview Capital in its:
- Acquisition by its portfolio company, Fidelis Cybersecurity, of CloudPassage, a pioneer in cloud security and compliance
- Acquisition of Digital Lumens Incorporated and Digital Lumens Holdings Ltd.
- Sale by its portfolio company, Digital Lumens, of its Encelium business
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Recognitions
- Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, 2021-2024
- Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2021-2023
Community
- American Bar Association, member
- Georgia Bar Association, member
- International Association of Privacy Professionals, member
Credentials
Education
New York University School of Law, JD, 2000
Vanderbilt University, BA, magna cum laude, 1997
Admissions
Georgia
