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Sarah Phillips

Senior Associate

Sarah specialises in contentious insolvency matters, in particular, conducting litigation on behalf of, and providing technical advice and assistance to, insolvency practitioner clients. Sarah also acts for individuals and creditors. Examples of Sarah’s notable work include assisting with a high value freezing injunction and recovery action, and dealing with transaction at undervalue, preference and misfeasance claims.

Sarah joined Isadore Goldman as an Associate Solicitor in November 2018 from the Insolvency and Business Turnaround department of a regional firm, having relocated to the south coast in early 2017.

Prior to that, Sarah worked within the Corporate Recovery department of Gateley Plc in London, having completed her legal training at Howes Percival LLP.

Before moving to the law, Sarah began her career within the specialist fraud insolvency (FInD) division of Recovery and Reorganisation at Grant Thornton UK LLP in London, where she dealt with both bankruptcies and liquidations, including high profile and multi-jurisdictional matters.

Whilst at Grant Thornton, Sarah completed the Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency.

Sarah is also a member of R3.

Always available and goes above and beyond. Exceptional advice and a pragmatic approach.
I had no previous personal understanding of how the process worked but you explained everything to me clearly and set aside all my fears from the outset. I would recommend you highly to anyone and cannot praise you enough. You kept on top of every detail and your diligent and precise approach really made the difference in achieving the successful outcome we did.
I would like to take this opportunity of saying a huge thank you to you for your truly expert help and guidance throughout the last few years. It’s been a rollercoaster experience I never want to go through again but thankfully, with your valued help and generosity, we have now got to a better place where my wife and I can start to rebuild our future. Thanks so much.
Would highly recommend this highly experienced firm that used their great knowledge of the law regarding insolvency/bankruptcy issues to deal with the problem I presented to them in a very thorough way. The results I obtained were as good as I could have wished!
Thank you immensely for all that you have done for me and [family member], I truly could not have got through these last few months without your calm, sensible and understanding help. I had pretty well got to the end of my tether when you came into the picture and I didn’t know which way to turn, but you have cleared a path through our difficulties, sorted our conflicts into manageable decisions and helped me to see what our options were.
A well-deserved reputation for contentious insolvency work.
Very methodical, clear and concise.
Always approachable and commercially driven, offering commercial solutions to complex problems.
Extremely active in the insolvency market and adept at handling both advisory work and disputes.
We would just like to say that we think you have been totally fabulous during this process. Your professional approach and care was so much appreciated when we were directionless and flailing. If we ever need to recommend someone in a similar need you will be our first option. Big thanks to you and all the team at Isadore Goldman.
Isadore Goldman have a very wide breadth of knowledge. They are insolvency specialists and leaders in that area of expertise.
The firm have a specialist team with the depth required in order to meet their client needs in a timely manner. They are able to deal with urgent matters as necessary.
I always feel Isadore Goldman have my best interests at heart.
Isadore Goldman has an extremely experienced team with specialist expertise and contacts across the industry.
It's a strong team that provides a quick turnaround when working to tight deadlines.
If you have a problem they will respond to you right away. It's a proactive firm that will keep you up to date with what is going on.
They’re commercially minded and focused on their clients’ aims. You’d much rather have them on your team than against.

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