Sarah Teal > Shoosmiths LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Shoosmiths LLP Offices
THE XYZ BUILDING
2 HARDMAN BOULEVARD, SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3AZ
England
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Sarah Teal
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Sarah Teal is a partner in the Corporate Restructuring and Advisory team.
Sarah represents banks, asset based lenders and other financiers, restructuring and turnaround professionals, directors and management teams, and advises on all issues arising in financially stressed situations.
Sarah regularly advises boards on directors’ duties in the context of doubtful solvency and has been involved in a number of large scale confidential restructurings (particularly in the retail and healthcare sectors).
Sarah also has substantial contentious experience including antecedents transactions, wrongful trading and misfeasance actions which have resulted in a number of reported cases.
Sarah has worked on a number of high profile assignments, including – The Debenhams CVA challenge, Rococo chocolates, Oddbins, Burdens, Monarch Aircraft Engineering, Manchester House, Artisan, American Golf, Mark Wilkinson Furniture, Smallbone, Fresh to Store, Lotus F1 and Barratts.
In addition, Sarah has assisted a number of retailers with CVA’s, including Poundstretcher, Jigsaw and Moss Bros.
Sarah is joint head of Shoosmiths’ Manchester office alongside Debra Cooper, and is responsible for the firm’s contribution to, and profile within, the local business community.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Hall of Fame)The ‘truly diverse’ team at Shoosmiths LLP has the ‘incredibly helpful’ Sarah Teal at its helm, who notably ‘champions the role of women, especially in the workplace’. It is well-equipped to act and advise on high-profile administrations, particularly in the retail sector, such as that of the four Joules entities which were sold to Next, a matter with a value of £40m; senior associate Hollie Wrigley was a key advisor on this. Bethan Moore, noted as ‘technically strong’, has significant experience advising clients, being large clearing banks, alternative lenders and distressed companies, on non-contentious restructurings.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame North West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insolvency and corporate recovery North West > Finance
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Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport