Samuel Marrache

Sam is a Senior Associate (Barrister) in our Litigation Department, specialising in commercial litigation.

He works closely with the Partners on the Litigation team and especially with Lewis Baglietto KC and Moshe Levy. He has experience in a wide range of civil and criminal matters and has appeared regularly in the Gibraltar courts since having been Called to the Bar.

Sam’s busy litigation practice involves a number of areas including commercial disputes, civil fraud, trust law, competition law, telecommunications and libel cases. Recent cases in which Sam has acted include:

• Gibfibre v (1) Gibtelecom Limited (2) Rockolo Limited (Gibraltar’s first competition law claim)
• SNBNY Holdings Limited & Others v Alberto J Safra
• Robert Tchenguiz v Alvar Financial Services Limited and Entain Plc
• F Picardo v Agustin Rosety Fernandez de Castro
• Line Trust Corporation Limited v Jacob Schimmel and Others
• Gibtelecom Limited v The Gibraltar Regulatory Authority and Gibfibre Limited
• Serfaty v JFM Shine Cleaning Services.

Sam also regularly appears in the Magistrates’ Court in relation to criminal law matters.

He read Law at University College London (UCL) and graduated with First Class Honours, top of his class, in 2020. He was honoured three prestigious academic awards from the UCL Faculty of Laws: the John Frederic Whitehouse Essay Award for the best dissertation, the Dean’s List and The Chartered Institute of Tax, London Branch, Prize for Taxation. He subsequently completed the BPC LLM at the University of Law obtaining a distinction. He was then called to the Bar of England and Wales in November 2021 by The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.

Sam also graduated top of his class from the Professional Certificate of Competence in Law course, delivered by the University of Gibraltar, and was class representative during that year. He is now the Course Leader for that same course and sits on the Key Advisory Group in Law .

Sam thoroughly enjoys following politics and has appeared twice on BBC News. He is also an avid sportsman, currently playing in the Futsal Premier Division, and has represented Gibraltar internationally playing 5-a-side football. Sam passionately enjoys fishing and is the Spokesperson for the Gibraltar Tuna Fishing Club.