Sarah Cochrane > Carson McDowell > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Carson McDowell Offices
MURRAY HOUSE
MURRAY STREET
BELFAST
BT1 6DN
United Kingdom
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Sarah Cochrane
Work Department
Employment
Position
Sarah is a partner in the employment team advising clients on contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment law. She advises clients in a wide variety of industries across both the public and private sectors throughout the UK. Sarah regularly defends claims in the industrial and fair employment tribunal and advises clients on matters such as TUPE, restructuring, bullying and harassment, grievances and redundancy. Sarah also assists Carson McDowell’s corporate team in relation to the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
Career
Trained at DAC Beachcroft LLP from 2007 – 2009; qualified into the Employment and Pensions team in 2009; Solicitor at Carson McDowell from 2013; Associate at Carson McDowell from 2015 to 2022. Appointed Partner in September 2022. Sarah has dual qualification and practising certificates in Northern Ireland and England and Wales.
Memberships
Law Society of Northern Ireland, Employment Lawyers Association, Committee Member of Employment Lawyers Group of Northern Ireland
Education
Ballymena Academy; Queens University Belfast (2005 LLB(Hons))
Leisure
Music and travel.
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Employment
(Next Generation Partners)Carson McDowell‘s team caters to prominent domestic and multinational clients, with experience in the full spectrum of employment law. The group has notable strength in contentious matters, particularly complex workplace investigations. Team lead Orlagh O’Neill
has more than 20 years’ experience in the practice area, and works for a diverse range of public and private sector clients. Rachel Penny, described by clients as being ‘in a league of her own’, is noted for her expertise in TUPE, restructuring, and senior executive recruitment, incentive, and severance arrangements. Sarah Cochrane, who is dual qualified in Northern Ireland and England and Wales, made partner in September 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment