Sara Sheffield

Sara Sheffield

Partner

Contact

T: +971 4 246 1904

E: Sara.sheffield@crsblaw.com

Areas of expertise
  • Dispute Resolution

Biography

Sara has over 14 years of experience as a commercial disputes, white-collar crime and investigations lawyer between Australia, England & Wales and the UAE. She joined the Litigation and Dispute resolution team as a partner in 2020.

Sara acts in complex commercial litigation in the Dubai International Financial Centre and the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts in the UAE, and in the English High Court, as well as arbitration matters before local and international centres.

Sara handles a wide range of commercial disputes, often involving cross border issues, with a focus on: 

  • Shareholder and partnership disputes

  • Financial services disputes

  • Fraud, asset-tracing and both civil and criminal recovery

  • Contentious insolvency matters

  • Multi-jurisdictional matters

  • Regulatory (e.g. DFSA) investigations

  • Enforcement matters

Sara is one of few lawyers ranked in Who's Who: Asset Tracing and Recovery UAE, in 2018, 2019 and 2020.  Sara previously worked for the federal prosecution agency in Australia and the Serious Fraud Office in the UK.