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Sarah Etherington

Principal Associate

What can I do for you

Sarah is a corporate lawyer specialising in equity capital market transactions and general advisory work. She represents both companies and financial advisors on initial public offerings, secondary fundraisings and reverse takeovers. In addition, Sarah advises public and private companies on establishing joint ventures, overseeing group reorganisations, acquisitions and disposals.

Known for her collaborative and commercial approach, Sarah works closely with boards, founders and financial advisors. She explains technical issues in a straightforward way, ensuring clients have the insight they need to make informed decisions and achieve their strategic goals.

Supporting your ambitions

Sarah supports clients at key moments in their development, providing focused, commercially minded advice that helps them grow. She has guided businesses through early investment rounds, IPOs, secondary raisings, multi‑party joint ventures and major reorganisations.

Her work includes advising on the first dual listing of a company on AIM and the SGX market in Singapore, a long-running and complex reverse takeover for a natural resource company on AIM, and the significant corporate reorganisation of a large pension provider. These matters required deep regulatory insight and significant coordination of stakeholders, non-legal advisers and legal specialist teams.

What else should you know

Sarah enjoyed a highly rewarding nine-month secondment at the Bank of England which gave her an excellent insight into the Bank’s work, its bespoke regulatory environment, organisational drivers and risk appetite.

Sarah is a keen long‑distance cyclist and has taken part in international charity rides. She has also walked the Camino and participated in endurance charity walks throughout the UK. Sarah enjoys running slowly and completed the New York marathon.

What our clients say about us

  • I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.
  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

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