Sarah, alongside her arbitrator and mediator practice is Professor of Private Law at the University of Bristol and a member of T3i Partner Network. Sarah also sits on the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce, LawTechUK, The Digital Commonwealth, LegalUK, and the Trade Digitalisation Taskforce, as well as being an advisor to the APPG on Blockchain Technologies.

Sarah was Law Commissioner for Common and Commercial Law at the Law Commission of England and Wales from 2020 to 2024.  Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford and a software consultant at Accenture. She has written books and articles on subjects such as blockchain, smart contracts, digital assets and intermediated securities, and her work has been cited extensively across several jurisdictions in appellate courts, Parliament and US Congress.

During the four years Sarah was at the commission her law reform work included the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023; advice to Government on Smart Contracts; updating the Arbitration Act 1996, where Barristers’ leaders applauded her review of the Arbitration Act as “characteristically careful and balanced”; scoping reforms to the law on Intermediated Securities; and drafting guidance and a bill to ensure that English law is well-suited to accommodate Digital Assets.

Sarah is internationally recognised for her exceptional experience of commercial law and contribution within the technology sector.  In 2022, she was placed on the Women in Fintech Power List and on Bloomberg’s “Who to Watch” Crypto List.  In 2023, she was recognised for the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award at the British Legal Technology Awards and won both the International Chamber of Commerce’s Award for the Individual Who Has Made the Greatest Contribution to the Digitalisation of Trade and the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Legal Technology Awards.

Sarah also regularly gives lectures and a detailed list of publications and lectures are provided below.