Amanda Samuel

Amanda Samuel is Head of Legal for S&P Global Market Intelligence, Americas. Ms. Samuel manages the integrated legal team in the Americas created from the merger of S&P Market Intelligence and IHS Markit’s Financial Services division in 2022.  In addition, Ms. Samuel is the division’s primary legal liaison to the Head of Sales and sustainability regulatory matters.

Before joining S&P Global in 2014, Ms. Samuel was Intellectual Property and Contracting Counsel for the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications for the City of New York responsible for large, complex technology transactions. Prior to this role, she was Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property at Colgate-Palmolive Company responsible for trademark, copyright and other intellectual property related matters for the global brand Colgate, Hill’s, and Tom’s of Maine, among other.  Ms. Samuel began her legal career at the global law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where she focused on transactions, licensing and litigation involving intellectual property and antitrust matters. 



Beyond her private sector experience, Ms. Samuel currently sits on the board of the S&P Global Foundation and the Rockaways Development and Revitalization Corporation.  Ms. Samuel previously held a range of chair and committee positions for the New York City Bar Association. She also served as the chairwoman of Practicing Attorneys for Law Students (PALS).  She also previously served as president of the of Princeton Alumni Association of New York City, president of the Princeton Class of 1992 and a member of Princeton University’s Alumni Council.



Ms. Samuel holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Princeton University, a juris doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center and a master’s in business administration from the Stern School of Business at New York University.