Sam Dibble is the Partner in Charge of the Baker Botts San Francisco office and serves as Chair of the West Coast Corporate Department. Clients rely on Sam's advice in a broad array of corporate transactions, including leveraged buyouts, asset sales and other types of mergers and acquisitions. Sam helps clients raise money for their businesses in transactions such as early stage financings, bank loans, complex issuances of high yield bonds, convertible debt and equity securities. Companies in the Food & Beverage, Energy and Technology and Real Estate industries routinely turn to Sam for guidance in organizational matters, operation and fundraising activities, including debt, preferred stock and other securities offerings. He has represented public companies, investment funds, high net worth individuals, and privately held businesses in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other significant transactions.

Sam holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and prior to his career as an attorney, he was a financial consultant. As an attorney and CFA charter holder, clients benefit from his integrated knowledge of asset valuation, accounting, securities, tax and legal issues. He received the 2014 Client Choice Award in the General Corporate category for California from International Law Office (ILO) and Lexology.

Sam served as the President of the San Francisco Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and is currently a member of its Board of Directors. He previously served as Chair of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California.