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Sarah Sharp
Senior Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Client, Legal 500"Sarah Sharp is very solid on the law and always provides commercially minded legal advice. She is a meticulous lawyer, who is very detailed when preparing for her cases. She is also a very user-friendly lawyer"
Sarah is a Senior Associate in the Complex Commercial Litigation team at Hogan Lovells. She focuses on the resolution of complex, large-scale, multi-jurisdictional disputes, with a particular interest in insolvency-related work. Her practice spans banking, contract, property and environmental disputes, and professional negligence.
Prior to relocating to London, Sarah practised in Australia, where she worked on several leading contentious insolvency matters, including Anchorage Capital Master Offshore Ltd v Sparkes (No 3), Bank of Communications Co Ltd v Sparkes, and the administration of the Probuild construction group — the first successful trade-on of a commercial construction business through an administration in Australia. Her work in this area was recognised by Doyle's Guide, which named her a Rising Star in Commercial Litigation & Insolvency Law in Victoria in 2023.
Since joining Hogan Lovells in London, Sarah has acted on a broad range of high-value, complex disputes. Notable matters include advising British American Tobacco on a number of significant matters, among them the successful removal of Joint Administrators and a professional negligence claim against PwC. She has also represented Finalto Group Limited and Gopher Investments in a multi-million dollar fintech dispute involving claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraudulent misrepresentation.
Client, Legal 500"Sarah Sharp is very solid on the law and always provides commercially minded legal advice. She is a meticulous lawyer, who is very detailed when preparing for her cases. She is also a very user-friendly lawyer"
Representative experience
Acting for Finalto Group Limited and Gopher Investments in a multi-million pound fintech dispute involving claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent misrepresentation.
Advising majority creditors (subsidiaries of British American Tobacco) in successfully applying to court to remove Joint Administrators of an insolvent estate.
Acting for British American Tobacco in relation to claims issued by NCR in the Southern District Court of New York.
Acting for BTI (a subsidiary of British American Tobacco) in relation to a claim of professional negligence claim against PwC in respect of its audit of the accounts of a company known as AWA.
Advising a syndicate of lenders in claims against former officers and employees of Arrium Limited and its subsidiaries.*
Advising the administrators of the Clough Group, avoiding $1.5 billion in liabilities.*
Advising the administrators of the Probuild. Resulting in the first successful trade on of a commercial construction business through an administration and the sale as going concerns.*
Advising the secured lenders and receivers of the Mugga Lane Solar Park on the debt restructuring, enforcement and sale of a significant Australian Capital Territory renewables project.*
Advising German self-administration of Senvion Pty Ltd (a wind farm builder and operator) in successfully obtaining a carve out to the automatic stay arising under the Cross Border Insolvency Act.*
Acting for the liquidators of Fastline Logistics Pty Ltd in court proceedings to challenge an alleged illegal phoenix transaction and voidable transaction.*
Advising Engie in criminal prosecutions arising from environmental pollution and alleged breaches of the Workplace Safety Act.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Australia
Court admissions
- Supreme Court of Western Australia
- High Court of Australia
Memberships
- London Solicitors Litigation Association