McInnes Cooper LLP
Sarah is a partner in the Halifax office and has practiced business law since 2001. She routinely advises corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, secured transactions, and a variety of commercial law issues. She acts for lenders and borrowers in financing transactions. Sarah’s practice also includes corporate law, corporate reorganizations, and succession planning. She is experienced with taxation matters related to her practice area.
Sarah’s industry experience is broad, including work in sleep health, automotive, and fisheries. She works hard to understand her clients’ businesses and deliver strategic advice.
Sarah is the chair of McInnes Cooper’s Promotion of Women (POW) group and belongs to the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation, Nova Scotia’s Barristers’ Society, and the Law Society of Prince Edward Island. She currently serves as a director and Vice-Chair of the King’s-Edgehill School’s board of governors. Additionally, she was formerly a director of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation. Sarah is past chair of the Canadian Bar Association (Nova Scotia) Business Law Section and its Legislation and Law Committee. She previously acted as a director with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Transition Board. Sarah has taught part-time at Dalhousie University and remains an active participant in various business and tax conferences across the Atlantic provinces. Sarah is ranked in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and has been listed in Best Lawyers® 2022.
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McInnes Cooper LLP
McInnes Cooper is among the top business law firms in Canada, with more than 200 lawyers in offices throughout the Atlantic region, serving clients across North America and abroad. We are market leaders in business law, litigation, employment, tax, real estate and energy & natural resources. Clients also benefit from our membership with Lex Mundi, the worlds largest association of independent law firms. Our clients across North America provide consistent, positive feedback on our ability to deliver quality, service, experience and results with depth and range of legal specialties. Our clients appreciate our commitment to providing top-notch legal service in a timely, responsive and cost-efficient manner fully tailored to their needs and budget. By providing junior and senior-level support, along with an ideal mix of service specialties, our clients receive exactly what they need, exactly when they need it. We take it a step further by offering several flexible pricing options, including project-based fee caps, flat or fixed fees, blended rates, volume discounts and annual rebates. Our clients have helped us create these alternatives, and our clients truly benefit.