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Sarah Pateman

Senior Associate

What can I do for you

Sarah is a senior associate in the food and agribusiness sector. Her work includes helping clients, such as Cambridge and Oxford Colleges, farming companies and individual landowners and tenants, manage, acquire and dispose of their property interests and assets. This includes buying and selling land, mortgaging property as well as letting and surrendering farming tenancies.

Supporting your ambitions

Sarah aims to help her client's achieve their ambitions by taking the time to understand their objectives and working in a way which suits them. She assists them by explaining the various options available to her client, drawing on her own knowledge of the agribusiness sector and highlighting to the client the pros and cons of their decisions, ultimately helping them come to the right decision for them. 

What else should you know

Before Sarah became a solicitor she qualified as a chartered surveyor specialising in professional work including valuations, agricultural rent reviews and succession and inheritance tax planning. She is also a fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers.  

Sarah is a keen chamber musician and plays the violin in a number of ensembles she organises with like-minded people. 

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.

Related sectors and services

  • Real estate
  • Food and agribusiness
  • Private wealth