Samuel Brooks Partner

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Sam primarily represents sponsors of both closed-ended and open-ended alternative investment funds, with a particular focus on credit funds across the liquidity spectrum, advising on diverse fund issues such as structuring and terms, marketing regulations and documents, investor negotiations and service agreements.

Sam has significant experience advising on the "retailisation" of private assets, including advising on the launch of several ELTIF products and Luxembourg UCI Part II semi-liquid funds, as well as country-specific products in jurisdictions including Italy and France.

He also advises on upper-tier matters such as management entities and compensation arrangements. Prior to joining Macfarlanes in 2013, Sam was employed as counsel in the investment funds group of a US-based international law firm.

Sam is ranked by both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.

In addition to Sam’s legal qualifications, he holds an MSc in finance from London Business School.

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Recent work

Hayfin Capital

Advising Hayfin Capital on various funds and managed accounts.

Alcentra

Advising Alcentra on European direct lending funds and strategic credit funds, as well as managed account vehicles.

Muzinich & Co

Advising Muzinich & Co on a number of credit funds including the launches of several innovative ELTIFs.

Warwick Capital

Advising Warwick Capital on its European special opportunities strategy fund vehicles, including its latest vintage, Warwick European Opportunities Fund III, which raised commitments of $430m.

Octopus Investments

Advising Octopus Investments on the launch of its range of UK commercial real estate debt funds and related syndication structures.

Gemsstock

Advising Gemsstock on the restructuring and relaunch of its global macro hedge fund and on ongoing fund and management issues.

Several start-up hedge fund managers

Advising several start-up hedge fund managers on their management structures and fund launches, including seed investments.

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"Samuel is just exceptional. Not only is he extremely intelligent, but he is also very responsive."

Chambers UK 2025

"Sam is very responsive, proactive and has good knowledge of our funds and structure."

Chambers UK 2025

"Very knowledgeable and never flustered, Sam is a great problem solver."

Chambers UK 2025

"Sam Brooks is knowledgeable and incredibly easy to work with. He very quickly understands our requirements and how to make our vision a reality in the documents. He is also excellent in guiding us on what may be market standard and what might be pushing the boundaries and we rely on that market knowledge a lot in our fund launch process."

The UK Legal 500 2023

"Sam Brooks stands out as being particularly visible and engaged on files (but not in a way that is in any way over the top), which gives a lot of reassurance."

The UK Legal 500 2023

"Samuel is really excellent. He's practical and very commercial in his approach."

Chambers UK 2023