Sam graduated from Oxford University and would then go on to the Columbia Law School, where he was appointed as the Associate Editor of the Columbia Business Law Review of where he attended law school. After graduating from Columbia Law School, he then went on to become a member of Skadden, Arps, Slater, Meagher & Flom LLP as a new associate. This particular law firm is considered to be one of the most sought out law firms in the world because of their honorable reputation. He stayed at Skadden, where he advised clients on how to legally form hedge funds and the structures of such organizations until 2004. In 2004 he decided to leave the law industry and went on to join the finance industry at PMA Investment Advisors, which is based in Hong Kong, and serves as a department of the Sparx Group Company.