Weightmans LLP

Litigation Management

Partner - Litigation Management

Sarah is a Commercial Litigation Partner at Weightmans and Head of the National Litigation Department. Sarah trained and qualified at Eversheds Sutherland in its Manchester office and has over 20 years' experience of dealing with a variety of commercial disputes.

The regional teams within the Litigation Department are widely recognised in Chambers and Legal 500 where feedback includes "Top litigation team. Able to handle the most complex and challenging litigation" and “This is a strong, focused commercial litigation team”. As well as the leading profiles for the regional and national teams, Sarah is consistently recognised in Legal 500 as a Leading Individual where feedback notes “Sarah Conroy is a class act – bright, user-friendly and knowledgeable. She fights to win and succeeds”.

Sarah has experience of a broad range of disputes, particularly of high profile and complex company, director and shareholder claims, supporting on corporate governance and constitutional matters alongside this work. Sarah’s expertise also includes judicial review claims, defamation, and reputation management, advising on restrictive covenants, restraint of trade and confidentiality issues arising from employee moves acting for both employer and employee and dealing with complex contractual issues. Sarah deals with litigation in all branches of the civil courts.

Sarah has extensive experience of the range of alternative dispute resolution options and has successfully assisted many clients to settle disputes both prior to and during litigation.

Sarah can assist clients with consideration of funding options which includes third party funding, conditional fee agreements and after the event insurance.

Sarah acts for a range of clients including private individuals, large international corporations, SMEs, registered charities, local authorities, schools, colleges and universities.

Sarah has been listed as a stand out lawyer in Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers database for two consecutive years.