Sarah Ward
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Melbourne,
Australia
Sarah is a member of the Herbert Smith Freehills’ mergers and acquisitions team.
Sarah advises on private M&A and public M&A, with a focus on private equity and financial sponsors. She is admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria, the High Court of Australia and the High Court of New Zealand. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce majoring in accounting from Victoria University of Wellington.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- GIC on its US$1,75 billion investment in Indian AM Green Amonia.
- The Ardonagh Group, the independent insurance distribution business backed by Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, on its A$2.43 billion acquisition of PSC Insurance Group Limited pursuant to a scheme of arrangement
- The Riverside Company on its acquisition of Avance Clinical and subsequent acquisition of US based C3 Research
- GUD Holdings on it’s A$744m acquisition of AutoPacific Group from Pacific Equity Partners.
- Wesfarmers on its A$764 million takeover of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries
- Kinetic on its acquisitions of Merseylink and Moreland Buslines.
