Sarah Ward

Overview of Sarah’s practice

Sarah has spent the majority of her career as a corporate specialist, having qualified as a solicitor in Manchester before moving to Eversheds in Birmingham where she spent seven years working on large scale M & A, including a number of cross-border transactions, and public company advisory matters, predominantly new and secondary issues.

Sarah subsequently then moved into industry and managed the legal function at Bicester Village before being appointed as General Counsel of UK Power Reserve, a group which acquires or develops, and then operates small scale (reserve power) electricity generating plants. In industry, as well as continuing to work on corporate transactions, Sarah was fortunate enough to enjoy a varied workload where she managed a significant number of commercial property transactions and planning and construction projects as well as involvement in commercial arrangements, litigation, banking and environmental matters. As a result Sarah has an incredibly wide commercial skillset which helps makes Sarah a versatile, pragmatic and commercial lawyer who is adaptable and understanding of the myriad of issues involved in corporate transactions. She can see things from the client’s perspective as she has worn their shoes.

Sarah has also been company secretary to a Main Market listed company which included managing the governance, data protection, property portfolio and insurance of the group as well as acting as a pension trustee. Having been part of the senior management team of a public company she has boardroom experience and brings a commerciality to her dealings with clients, and a real understanding of their commercial drivers. Sarah has therefore enjoyed roles in a broad range of commercial sectors, including retail, energy and warehousing and logistics.

Recent Experience

Acted for the shareholders of Mar Risk Services Limited (a London based marine insurance broker) on the sale of their shares to Costero Brokers Limited.

Acted for the 5 individual vendors on the sale of their shareholdings in TLO Holdings (the holding company of TLO Risk Services – a professional risk insurance specialists company) to Specialist Risk Group for an undisclosed sum.

Advised Refined Brands Limited, the owner of a digitally native portfolio of ethically sourced, natural, and sustainable British brands, on the acquisition of Turtle Doves (recycled cashmere accessories and garments) and Kettlewell Colours (an online retailer by colours).

Advised the selling family members on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Bramwell Investments Limited which was the holding company of Industrial Tooling Corporation Limited (a specialist tool supplier) to ATA Grinding Processes Limited, a company based in Ireland.

And for something else…

Outside of the office Sarah has three children and life is busy on various sporting side-lines. Sarah also loves to ski, having worked in a ski resort when she was younger.

What others say about Sarah

“Efficient, reliable, personable, funny. Understands our needs and explains clearly what needs to be done and why. Very happy.”

“It was an absolute pleasure to have you on our team during the process of the sale of my company. Your explanations to me were very coherent and clear and you not only worked well with me but also our project accountants”.

“I would not hesitate to recommend you and your firm to anyone.”

Sarah Ward is described by Legal 500 as “another prominent name, with a track record in shareholder arrangements, investments, joint ventures and company law”.