Sarah is a highly experienced commercial property lawyer extensive commercial real estate. She is committed to offering expert legal advice on real estate transactional matters with experience of working with a varied client base in a demanding and ever-changing environment.

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Sarah is an outstanding communicator and uses a collaborative approach to develop successful and sustainable working relationships with clients, other team members and business services staff alike. She is experienced at leading transactional teams and creating and delivering training initiatives.

 WORK HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE ​

• Advised Gaw Capital Advisors (on behalf of a Korean consortium) on the disposal of a corporate vehicle holding Waterside House, Paddington, London, the global headquarters of Marks & Spencer Plc, for circa £220 million.

• Acted for Bain Capital on the acquisition and financing of the 72-room Park Lane Mews Hotel and 17 adjacent residential units in Mayfair, London.

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• Advised Cheyne Capital on the provision of a £93,000,000 loan facility to FI Real Estate Management in connection with a reorganisation and refinancing of its existing property portfolio comprising both investment and development assets.

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• Acted for Cheyne Capital in relation to a £173,000,000 development loan facility made available to Quintain in connection with its continued development at Wembley Park to create a mixed-use scheme providing build to rent residential apartments, parking and retail.

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• Advised LKK/Infinitus on its refinancing of the iconic Walkie Talkie building (also known as 20 Fenchurch Street). The £600,000,000 term loan facility was made available by Bank of China and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

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• Acted for TD Asset Management in relation to the financing of Talisker's acquisition of The Cube, the 500,000 sq. ft landmark mixed-use building located in Birmingham's city centre.

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• Acting for funds managed by Permira credit arm on their acquisition of a large portion of the stationery retailer Paperchase, a move which rescued the business from administration.

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• Advising Cath Kidston’s parent company, Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia, which bought the online, franchise and wholesale business of the brand, after the retailer went into administration in April 2020.

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• Advising the joint administrators of Nationwide Accident Repair Services and 8 of its subsidiaries in all aspects relating to the sale of the business and certain assets to RunMyCar Limited. The business, operates a nationwide network of garages, servicing the accident repair market for a number of large UK general insurance firms.

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• Advised Bazalgette Tunnel Limited (and Infrastructure Provider for the Thames Tideway Project) on the relocation of its head quarter premises in London Bridge. Responsible for title due diligence, raising enquiries, negotiating lease and ancillary documents and reporting to client. Responsible for co-ordinating several other work streams (tax, construction, regulatory, property litigation and employment).

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• Acted on a pre-letting for Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Limited in connection with its head quarter premises. Responsible for title due diligence, reporting to client, negotiating agreement for lease, lease and ancillary documents. Responsible for managing and co-ordinating other works streams (construction, planning and tax).