Omar Samji

Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Moderator

Omar Samji is a partner in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in Houston. Omar advises energy companies and investors in mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt financings, joint ventures, project development, and commercial arrangements in hydrogen, carbon capture & sequestration, energy storage, renewable fuels, and other energy transition areas. He also counsels clients on corporate governance matters. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of energy transition and energy infrastructure. Omar is recognized as a leading lawyer for Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) in the U.S. by Chambers Global and Chambers USA where clients describe him as a “very measured” lawyer who delivers “fantastic results.”

Omar received his J.D. from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.Com. from McGill University.