Prior to joining Reed Smith, Sarah worked at Northern Rock during the height of the financial crisis. Sarah was involved in the bank’s securitisation issuances and note programmes, and the legal and capital restructure of the business following the run on the bank, which was the first retail bank restructuring in the UK. Sarah also advised on the £1 billion sale of the bank to Virgin Money.

Sarah has been ranked as a Next Generation Partner for Structured Products and Securitisation in The Legal 500 UK since 2020 (and prior to that as a Next Generation Lawyer since 2017), and in Chambers UK for Securitisation since 2021. Sarah was also included in Brummell’s Ones to Watch listing, which celebrates the brightest 30 under 40 making waves in the City.

The Legal 500 2023 describes Sarah as “A leader. Technically excellent, strategic, a calm, articulate and robust negotiator who cuts through minutiae without losing the necessary detail and gets the deal done. A pleasure to work with.”