Expertise
Having been with the team since 2004, Sarah has significant experience providing advice on all aspects of restructuring, business support, turnaround and insolvency, advising directors and companies on restructuring opportunities as well as lenders and borrowers in distressed lending circumstances and acted on a number of significant restructuring assignments.
- Advising Typhoo Tea Limited on directors' duties and dealing with distress
- Advising RSM as administrators of MTAG Composites and (Holdings) Limited
- Advising BDO as administrators of Culimeta-Saveguard Limited
- Advising Tameside and Glossop NHS Foundation Trust as objecting creditor in the first proposed Restructuring Plan (RP) in the Private Finance Initiative arena and achieving the first security for costs award in an RP
- Advising Interpath as Administrators of the Communisis group
- Advising Alvarez & Marsal as Administrators of a national Steel group Aartee Bright Bar and the sale of the business and assets of a number of group companies
- Acting for Teneo as administrators of Black Sheep Brewery
- Advising an online clothing retailer on the purchase of two high street clothing brands from administrators
- Advising International Leisure Brands Limited on their purchase of the business and assets of two golf clothing and accessories suppliers
- Advising Endless LLP on their purchase of the business and assets of American Golf Discount Centre Limited
- Advising FRP as Administrators of Barrington Sports
- Advising significant blue chip of a solvent restructure of a number of its group companies
- Advising lenders as to their security and the restructuring of debt and the appointment of administrators and receivers
- Advising companies and boards of directors on fiduciary duties and considerations when experiencing distress
- Acting for joint administrators of manufacturing businesses, retailers and care homes
- An extended secondment to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc/ Natwest Bank.
- Education
- MA (Hons) Modern History and History of Art, University of St Andrews
- PgDL and PgDLP - College of Law, Chester
- Awards / Rankings
- Chambers & Partners 2025 - Sarah is a "fantastic lawyer" who is "very well thought of by clients."