Sarah Clarke is a specialist in financial services, insider dealing, market abuse and fraud. Since joining Serjeants’ Inn in 2011, she has also quickly established a reputation in other professional discipline and regulatory fields, inquests and inquiries and police law. She is known for her thorough preparation and ability to master complex issues and has a reputation as a tenacious advocate, particularly in cases that involve extensive witness handling and experts. She excels in the cut and thrust of advocacy in court, particularly witness handling where her skill at cross-examining witnesses and her mastery of the papers and legal issues ensure that her clients feel that she has done everything possible to fight their corner. In her advisory work she relishes complex legal questions, but ensures that her advice is practical, sensible, and easy to understand. Sarah is often instructed at an early stage to provide strategic advice and is experienced at shaping complex and difficult litigation from an early stage and working with large case teams and different stakeholders.