Webber Wentzel

Dispute Resolution Practice

Partner

Sarah specialises in complex, high value and high stakes international and domestic commercial and treaty arbitration, as well as high profile regulatory, international trade and commercial litigation.

She has substantial experience in advising and litigating in public law, conducting judicial reviews, international commercial arbitrations and litigation and has represented parties at various Courts in the South African court system (including the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal, and various divisions of the High Court) and in domestic and international arbitrations (including under the auspices of the ICC, ICSID, AFSA, the Chinese Arbitration Association, as well as UNCITRAL and other ad hoc arbitration rules).

Sarah has acted for listed and non-listed entities, state-owned enterprises, statutory bodies and non-governmental organisations in a variety of fields, including healthcare, construction and infrastructure, energy, transport, tourism, manufacturing, mining, finance, private equity and auditing. She also spent a year at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa, clerking for Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

Sarah has presented at numerous international arbitration conferences and has published a number of articles in the field of international arbitration

LLM (by research), University of the Witwatersrand, 2017 LLB (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand, 2008 BA, University of the Witwatersrand, 2006