Bio

Sarah Flaherty is a partner in the Corporate group in London. Sarah is uniquely placed to advise on UK takeovers as she is one of the most recent senior case officers to return to private practice from the UK Takeover Panel. During her two-year secondment to the Panel she was the senior case officer on many of the most notable UK public M&A transactions of that period, including CD&R/Fortress/Morrisons; Towerbrook/Warburg Pincus/The AA; Ceasars Entertainment/William Hill; Aristocrat/Playtech; KKR/John Laing; Raymond James/Charles Stanley; National Express/Stagecoach; Ballys/Gamesys; Renesas/Dialog Semiconductor; Cisco/IMImobile; Electronic Arts/Codemasters; TDR/Aggreko; and Brigadier/Moss Bros. As a member of the senior team, Sarah also participated in all material policy and disciplinary decisions taken by the Panel Executive as well as in multiple consultation processes regarding important revisions to the UK Takeover Code. In addition to her takeovers expertise, Sarah’s experience spans international private and public M&A, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and equity offerings across a wide variety of sectors, in particular natural resources and healthcare. She has previously spent time on secondment in Dubai and Moscow, as well as at Glencore. Sarah is ranked as a “Next Generation Partner” for ‘Upper mid-market and premium M&A deals’ by Legal 500 2022 and as a “Rising Star of Legal Services” in Europe by Financial News 2023.