Advises on mergers & acquisitions and other complex transactional matters across the equity, hybrid and debt capital spectrum.
Represents private capital investors and their portfolio companies, strategic investors across various industries, and companies following their emergence from bankruptcy.
Serves on the hiring committee for the New York office.

Sarah represents private companies and investorsin connection with complex domestic and cross-border transactional matters, including bespoke capital solutions, competitive sale processes, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, divestitures, minority and joint venture investments, special situations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and financings, as well as general corporate and governance matters.

She brings transactional insight across a diverse range of industries, including agriculture, fintech, fitness, health care, hospitality, industrials, infrastructure, manufacturing, retail and technology. She also has extensive experience in the energy industry, advising both private investors and management teams in the formation of joint ventures and other investments spanning the upstream, midstream, downstream, infrastructure, trading and power sectors.

Sarah advises on transaction strategy and deal execution, and she leads transactions with a pragmatic, commercial and relationship-driven approach.

Representative Work

Private Capital

Represented Amber Energy Inc., an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, in its proposed acquisition of PDV Holding Inc., the parent company of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, the Venezuelan-owned, U.S.-based refiner.
Represented Mubadala Capital in a $2.5 billion joint venture acquisition of a leading healthcare and education staffing business through a combination of equity and hybrid capital instruments.
Represented the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) in connection with the $14 billion consortium take-private acquisition of McAfee Corp., a cybersecurity software maker.
Represented a private equity fund in connection with the acquisition of an industrial water treatment solutions provider with a focus on nuclear waste.
Represented Grenadier Energy III in connection with its equity commitment from EnCap Investments, L.P., a leading provider of growth capital to the independent sector of the U.S. energy industry.
Represented a private equity fund in the sale of a NYC-headquartered fitness business with global franchise operations.
Represented a private equity fund in its control investment in a founder-owned nationally franchised plumbing business.
Represented a private investment firm in connection with debt and equity investments in a company that specializes in charter jet services and fractional aircraft sales; advised on subsequent equity investments and an internal reorganization.

Strategic M&A

Advised Energy Harbor Corp. (formerly known as FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.) in connection with its $5 billion chapter 11 restructuring, including all corporate aspects of its reorganization and multiple sale transactions involving generation (coal, gas, nuclear) and transmission assets.
Represented a privately owned electric utility in the sale of natural gas-fired electric generating plants and an interest in the world’s then-largest pumped storage hydroelectric power plant.
Advised a global textile manufacturer in cross-border joint venture, acquisition and sale transactions.
Represented a multinational telecommunications company in its acquisition of a venture capital-backed data-driven advertising platform.