Sarah is a Legal Director PSL in the Finance team, based in Manchester.
Sarah has significant experience advising lenders, investment funds, corporates and directors on a range of debt finance, structured finance and restructuring transactions.
As a professional support lawyer, Sarah works alongside the other Finance PSLs to support the Finance team with precedent management, knowledge strategy, training, and client-facing thought leadership.
- advising insolvency practitioners on their appointment as administrators of an energy supplier
- advising an online retail business on a high profile distressed acquisition of assets out of insolvency
- advising directors of a plc on their directors' duties in anticipation of the formal insolvency of the group. Subsequently advising insolvency practitioners on their appointment as administrators
- advising corporates and their directors on the restructuring of a distressed corporate group and subsequent turnaround and refinancing strategy
- advising pension trustees and sponsoring employers on all aspects of pension restructuring transactions and covenant advisory matters
- advising international investment firm on their UK loan acquisition transactions, including forward flow and table funding arrangements for bridging, buy to let, development, and regulated loan portfolios
- advising a UK clearing bank on a series of loan portfolio sales, including performing and non-performing commercial debt, and CCA regulated consumer debt
- Sarah is ranked in the Legal 500 as Next generation partner
- Ranked in Chambers UK 2023, 2024
Sarah is a member of the R3 North West Women’s Group and regularly delivers training and seminars at various public and client conferences and events.
- Legal Practice Course, The College of Law 2006-2007
- Graduate Diploma in Law, The College of Law 2005-2006
- LLB (Hons) English and Communications, University of Liverpool 2002-2005