
Sam Snider
Partner and Atlanta office managing partner at McDermott Will & Schulte, focused on cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and private placements.
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Oct 7, 2026
A look at the state of cross-border dealmaking in 2026 – McDermott Will & Schulte’s Sam Snider
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Sam SniderGUEST
You know, when you think about, when you think about African deals, or at least when I think about African deals, you've got, like, mining and minerals is one category of things.

Sam SniderGUEST
You've got sort of people playing around the edges doing consumer stuff, trying to figure out how they're gonna take advantage and ride the wave.

Sam SniderGUEST
And then you have the big infrastructure investment that needs to happen because it, it is an emerging mar- It shouldn't take you three hours to get to the airport in Lagos, you know, when you're two miles away.

Sam SniderGUEST
But the thing that was interesting is when you think about those big infrastructure projects, in my mind, like, you know, just because that's what it's been for, like, a generation, that's going to be Chinese investment coming in and some mix of debt and equity, and your local government is going to wind up completely in hock to the Chinese.
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Justin NiessnerHOST
But, but it is, it is distinctly more difficult in emerging markets for various reasons, I would imagine.