SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - The proposed $8 billion merger between two Samsung Group companies is intended to facilitate a successful power transfer within the founder Lee family, a lawyer for U.S. hedge fund Elliott said on Friday.

At a hearing for Elliott's two injunction requests with a South Korean court to block the deal, a lawyer representing the U.S. fund said there was little synergy in combining Samsung C&T Corp and Cheil Industries Inc and that the offer was unfair for Samsung C&T shareholders like Elliott.

(Reporting by Se Young Lee and Sohee Kim; Editing by Stephen Coates)