CMS

Partner, Co-Head of International Arbitration

Sarah is Co-Head of International Arbitration at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, a role covering the U.K., Central and Eastern Europe, the UAE, Singapore, Turkiye, China, Brazil and Mexico. She is a seasoned international arbitration lawyer specialising in both international commercial arbitration and investor state disputes, representing clients before all key arbitral institutions including the LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, ICDR, SIAC, HKAIC, SCC, ICSID, and in arbitrations conducted under the UNCITRAL Rules, and foreign investment laws. She is dual-qualified in England & Wales and the U.S. (Texas and Washington D.C.), is a Solicitor-Advocate of the Higher Courts of England and Wales, and works in both English and Spanish.

In addition to advocating for her clients' interests before international tribunals, Sarah advises clients on investment (re)structuring, and on strategies, options, and tactics for minimising the prospects of full-blown disputes. She is an adroit counsellor on managing and sharing the risks of arbitration through third-party funding, ATE insurance, and conditional-fee and damages-based agreements, and enforcing arbitral awards.  She has particular experience in energy, oil and gas, mining, and other large scale project disputes in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Latin America and has represented many of the leading global energy and construction companies. Sarah regularly sits as party-nominated, sole, and presiding arbitrator.

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Member of the Panel of Arbitrators for the CIArb's Business Arbitration Scheme. Member of the International Mediation Institute (IMI) Investor-State Mediation Taskforce (2017-present), and head of the Singapore Convention subgroup (2018-present). Pledge for Green Arbitration, Steering Committee

2006 - Juris Doctorate, Vanderbilt University Law School 2002 - Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Michigan State University 2002 - Bachelor of Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources Communications,  Michigan State University Specialisations: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Environmental