Sarah is a key member of Russell McVeagh's Banking and Finance team and is based in the firm's Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington office. Sarah has strong experience advising on regulatory capital instruments, debt capital markets programmes and issuances and regulatory issues affecting banks and other financial institutions. She also advises climate reporting entities on the mandatory climate-related disclosures regime and on Deposit Takers Act developments. 

 As a home-grown Russell McVeagh talent beginning her career as a summer clerk, Sarah progressed at the firm before moving to London, where she worked in Allen & Overy LLP's international capital markets group as a senior associate in the derivatives and structured finance team. She returned to the firm in 2021. 

Sarah's promotion further strengthens the capabilities of Russell McVeagh’s Banking and Finance team which is independently recognised as Band 1 in Chambers and Partners’ Guide and Tier 1 in Legal 500.