Sam Millar

Partner
London
About

Sam has over 25 years experience in commercial litigation, mediation and complex internal and regulatory investigations for corporates. His recent experience in investigations includes: health and safety, bribery, fraud, accounting irregularities, money laundering, market abuse, insider trading, market manipulation and cybercrime.

Sam is a partner in DLA Piper's London Litigation & Regulatory team, former Co-Head of the Firm's Global Investigations practice and former UK MLRO.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Arconic Architectural Products SAS in all tort claims from bereaved, survivors and residents and emergency responders arising from the Grenfell Tower Fire in June 2017.
  • Advising a global US retailer on Norwich Pharmacal proceedings
  • Advising the Federation Internationale de l' Automobile on injunction proceedings in the Commercial Court.
  • Advising the founder of an asset management business on a £2 billion Arbitration claim.
  • Advising a global investment bank in banking litigation and regulatory investigations
  • Advising Arsenal Football Club on the judicial review of the planning decision relating to the construction of the Emirates stadium
  • Advising the Liquidator of Barings Futures (Singapore) on the litigation arising out of the collapse of Barings Bank.
  • Advising the Post Office in relation to individual postmaster settlements.
  • Advising the trading and sales teams of two US investment banks and one UK retail bank on the global Foreign Exchange investigation.
  • Advising a UK based trader in a regulatory investigation by the European Commission into alleged cartel activity
  • Advising a global commercial property company on multiple investigations involving alleged accounting irregularities.
  • Advising a US retailer on five investigations relating to alleged accounting irregularities in its UK business.
  • Advising a UK CNI energy company on two cyber investigations.
  • Advising a Formula 1 team on an internal investigation.
  • Advising the Premier League on Ethics and Compliance issues.

Awards

  • Sam is an Acritas rated “star lawyer”
Education
  • University of Cambridge (Robinson College), Law M.A.
  • University of Illinois, International and Comparative Law LLM, Fulbright Travel Scholar

Publications

Co-author of “Managing Cybersecurity risk”, published by Legend (2016)

Prior Experience

Sam has significant in-house experience including client secondments to Goldman Sachs International and IBM UK. From 2008-2011, he was General Counsel for Liquid Capital Group, a global listed derivatives trading firm with trading operations in the US, Europe and Asia. Sam was responsible for all legal, compliance and regulatory issues.

In legal practice since 1996, Sam has led large commercial cases (English High Court/Court of Appeal) and large complex investigations for clients in a wide variety of sectors, including: banking and financial services, retail, manufacturing, property and construction, gambling, energy, transport and sport.

In 1998-1999, Sam was a Judicial Assistant to Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, English Court of Appeal Judge.

My latest insights

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Driving Internal Engagement and Horizon Scanning - CIRCLE workshop and networking lunch

29 November 2023 .3 minute read

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Financial Crime and Managing Third Party Risk - CIRCLE workshop and networking lunch

21 September 2023 .3 minute read

Publication

The Edinburgh Reforms – Your guide to the proposals

13 December 2022 .12 minute read

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+44 (0)20 7153 7714
(Work, London)
+44 (0)7968 559 238
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