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Sarah Shaw

Work Department

Corporate Transactional

Position

Sarah is a seasoned M&A practitioner with an impressive range of experience advising on private acquisitions and disposals, public takeovers, joint ventures, strategic alliances, restructurings and business transfers.

Sarah's clients include a wide range of corporates, private equity funds, DFIs and infrastructure funds, whom she advises on their most complex and high-profile transactions.

Sarah is a member of our M&A leadership team. She has experience across a number of sectors including, in particular, oil and gas, power, renewable energy, infrastructure and real estate.

Her practice is international and includes a particular focus on Africa and other emerging markets, where she has acted on some of the most significant platform M&A transactions in the energy sector in recent years.

Sarah is recommended as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500 (2024) for M&A, and was recently identified as one of the best and brightest up and coming female lawyers in the UK by Law.com International. She is commended by clients for her user-friendly approach and ability to combine technical excellence with commercial, pragmatic advice.

Languages

English, German, and French

Education

Master, University of Cambridge

Legal Practice Course

Diploma, BPP University Law School

Mentions

Projects, energy and natural resources • London

Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing

Corporate and commercial • London

M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+

Next generation partner
Projects, energy and natural resources • London

Mining and minerals

Projects, energy and natural resources • London

Oil and gas

Corporate and commercial • London

Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)