Tammy Samuel > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Stephenson Harwood Offices
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England
Tammy Samuel

Work Department
Real estates and projects
Position
She was head of our global finance practice and sat on the firm’s global leadership team for 5 years, and currently serves as the firm’s client champion. Tammy is also spending time developing the Stephenson Harwood transport practice in the Middle East, including in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Tammy works closely alongside her clients as part of the team, rolling up her sleeves to work with manufacturers and maintainers (rolling stock and buses), operators, procurers, regulators and the public sector.
Her experience includes providing comprehensive and strategic advice on railway and bus franchises and concessions (including in bidding and operational phases), procurement (including manufacturing and maintenance arrangements), infrastructure development (including station and depot construction and electrification), electric assets (including batteries) and on regulatory matters (including the development of new regulatory frameworks).
Tammy’s projects have included advising bidders in all rounds of franchising and concessioning in the UK rail industry (including EMAs and Direct Awards) and bus franchising in the UK. She advises on the most high-profile procurements, including working with commercial litigation colleagues on disputes relating to the same.
The rail and road team at Stephenson Harwood is at the forefront of the industry, writing numerous articles, presenting seminars and hosting industry dinners.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Transport finance and leasing
The ‘fantastic’ team at Stephenson Harwood is appreciated for its ‘proactive and very knowledgeable’ service to a variety of clients engaged in the financing and leasing of the full scope of transportation assets. Acting on its own as well as often alongside other practitioners based across offices in key maritime centres, shipping remains the team’s main calling card, with many operators and banks regularly instructing the firm across a range of new money and refinancing mandates. The ‘approachable’ Ian Mace heads up the ship finance sub-group that also includes the vastly experienced Jonathan Ward, who excels in handling work with a Chinese nexus; the ‘solutions-oriented’ Dora Mace-Kokota; and the ‘exceptional’ Jon Cripps, who is adept at handling complex matters including those involving JOLCO structures. Although the aviation offering lacks the visibility of its more mature maritime counterpart, under the leadership of Richard Parsons the practice continues to grow its airline and lessor client base, with the ‘exceptional’ James Collins being particularly effective at nurturing new clients on the lessor side. On the rail front, both Tammy Samuel and Suzanne Tarplee
have well-established ties with train operators, with broad-based transactional and regulatory expertise that also includes some finance and leasing mandates.
London > Transport > Rail
(Hall of Fame)The team at Stephenson Harwood specialises solely in rail-related work, but is able to draw on cross-practice expertise where necessary. It is one of the best-known rolling stock advisors, advising a broad client base of operators, financiers, manufacturers and maintainers in major UK transactions. The group also has immense experience in access disputes and arbitrations, in addition to having an excellent reputation for its work on franchising and concessions. Led by Tammy Samuel and Suzanne Tarplee
, the team is well regarded for its procurement work, and for its knowledge of rail regulations. Darren Fodey is another key figure, and particularly excels in advising on rail regulation and regulated contracts. Caroline Hooton is vastly experienced in infrastructure and outsourcing. Hooton regularly advises on the procurement of station facilities management services, station improvements and upgrade projects.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Transport > Rail
- Rail London > Transport
- Transport finance and leasing London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport > Rail
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport