Commercial litigation/international and domestic civil fraud.

Sarah Gabriel is a partner specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration. Sarah’s particular expertise is in the field of civil fraud and she has wide experience of internal investigations. Sarah is frequently called upon to advise in high value, complex multi-jurisdictional fraud related matters, on behalf of both claimants and defendants. Sarah has wide experience leading teams working across various jurisdictions to secure evidence and find, seize and recover assets. She also often acts for defendants and has successfully discharged freezing orders and defeated contempt proceedings. She is used to managing cases involving parallel civil, criminal and regulatory proceedings.

Sarah acts in commercial disputes both in Court and in ad hoc, domestic and international arbitrations for both claimants and defendants.

Sarah actively promotes the early resolution of disputes including through expert led processes and through mediation.

She acts on behalf of governmental, corporate and individual clients and has particular experience litigating against banks. Sarah is consistently ranked highly be the leading legal directories.

Trained Freshfields; qualified 1990; assistant solicitor Freshfields 1990-93; associate Peters & Peters 1994-97; partner 1997.

• International Bar Association (IBA) • Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association (CFLA) • London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA)