Sarah Y. Walker
Profile
Sarah specialises in dispute evaluation and resolution by litigation (High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords), arbitration, mediation and negotiation. She also frequently advises her clients on their risk management strategies and procedures and the drafting of contractual mechanisms for dispute resolution.
Sarah's practice focuses on the aviation, banking & finance, IT, communication and energy sectors and she regularly advises the firm's clients in these sectors on such matters as large scale project disputes, fraud claims, claims in respect of complex financial instruments as well as other claims for recovery of assets and enforcement of security. Sarah has spent time on secondment at the in-house litigation department of one of the UK's major clearing banks and is familiar with the regulatory, compliance and contentious issues which financial institutions regularly face.
Sarah has also worked on a broad range of arbitration matters, under the auspices of most of the institutional rules, as well as on a number of London based ad-hoc arbitrations. She is admitted as a full member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for a period serving as a committee member for the London Branch of the Chartered Institute. Sarah has been a speaker at conferences for various arbitral institutions, including the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
Sarah is a fluent Italian speaker.