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Sarah Riding

0121 203 5335 sarah.riding@irwinmitchell.com

Work Department

Business legal services - commercial and sourcing.

Position

Sarah heads up the commercial and sourcing team in Birmingham. Sarah has over 15 years’ experience advising on a range of deal-driven commercial arrangements helping clients give legal effect to the commercial arrangements necessary to achieve their goals. This includes supply chain management, routes to market, strategic alliances, brand exploitation and sourcing arrangements. Sarah completes work across all sectors including manufacturing, technology, energy and sport. She has tremendous commercial acumen, having spent a large portion of her career in-house at Alstom, and has completed key secondments including Accenture, Northgate Information PLC, IMI PLC and Siemens PLC.

Career

Trained in-house at Alstom and at Pinsent Masons; qualified 2001; legal counsel/company secretary Alston Transport Limited; senior associate 2001-2010, Pinsent Masons; head of commercial 2010-2014, Mills & Reeve LLP (Birmingham); partner 2012-present, Irwin Mitchell LLP.

Education

University of Leicester (BA (Hons) History – 2:1).