Sarah Moore
Partner | Manchester
"Sarah Moore is an absolute stand out. She has a forensic eye for detail, but balances this with logic and pragmatism."
The Legal 500, 2025
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About Sarah
Sarah is a highly regarded lawyer in the healthcare space, having dealt with a number of the highest value M&A transactions in the sector over the last decade and her expertise covers M&A, banking and restructuring work.
Sarah acts for many of the UK’s largest and most highly regarded care sector operators, developers and funders. Sarah has unrivalled experience and expertise in relation to corporate acquisitions and disposals, debt funding, real estate finance and development funding and is regularly instructed on complex tax-effective group reorganisations, s110 demergers and capital reduction demergers. Sarah consistently brings market-leading knowledge to her clients within the healthcare sector.
Sarah won the Young Lawyer of the Year award in the 2020 North West Business Insider Awards.
Sarah is listed as a Recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500 (2025 edition), and is ranked as a Leading Individual in Chambers & Partners (2025 edition).
Contact Sarah
Call: 0345 050 3697
Mobile: 0791 872 0392
Notable work & expertise
Recent Work
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Sarah has acted on a variety of banking transactions - for both borrower and lender. She has advised on banking matters involving traditional high street debt lenders, including Santander, Lloyds Bank plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. She has also advised smaller mezzanine funders including bridging finance and specialist investment vehicles.
Sarah has also been involved in many restructurings involving complex funding structures.
Sarah has many years experience in advising care operators, funders and developers in connection with corporate acquisitions, disposals and funding arrangements.
Sarah has advised LNT Group on the corporate aspects of their business for several years and has also worked with many funders in the care sector, including Santander and Lloyds Bank.
Cases
- Advised LNT Group on the £100 million+ sale of 24 care homes to Anchor Trust.
- Advised on the corporate and banking aspects of £100 million refinancing and restructuring of a national care home group.
- Advising Santander on a regular basis in connection with debt and development funding particularly in the Care sector.
- Advised subsidiaries of a major developer on a 9-figure facility agreement with a UK lender, involving granting security for the loan across a portfolio of over 32 care home properties.
- Advised the shareholders of a major care operator on the sale of their entire issue share capital, negotiating and drafting intricate transaction documents. The transaction involved a simultaneous turnkey asset acquisition and the hive-out of certain companies and subsidiaries.
Sarah has acted on a wide variety of corporate transactions and regularly advises clients in relation to their general company and commercial queries. She has acted for both buyer and seller on share and asset deals.
Sarah also has experience of shareholders’ and investment agreements, joint venture agreements and drafting bespoke Articles of Association – including work relating to demergers and solvent restructuring for tax purposes.
Sarah works in a variety of sectors including retail, logistics and technology but has particular expertise in the Care sector, having over ten years experience acting for Care operators, developers and funders within the sector.
Recent Work
- Advised LNT Group on the £100 million+ sale of 24 care homes to Anchor Trust.
- Advised the shareholders of Tew Engineering Limited on the sale of their group to LB Foster.
- Advised the management team on a MBO of a company specialising in industrial gas turbines for the oil and gas industry.
- Advised the shareholders of Tracx Finance Limited on the sale of the Gener8 Finance Group to 1pm plc.
Testimonials
SH
"Thank you very much. We have been very impressed with the exceptional service you and your team have provided for us. Especially the way you have...
Sean Harrison
PR
"Thank you for all your help. You definitely went above and beyond the call of duty."
Philip Raven, Director
LNT Group
DR
"Having worked with Freeths for many years, we felt very comfortable working with Sarah, to sell our financial services business to the AIM listed...
David Richards
JT
"We find Sarah’s healthcare team (corporate and property) to have excellent knowledge of the sector as well as being experts in their fields. They...
Jo Twigg, Head of Merger and Acquisition Delivery
Anchor Hanover
"I can't praise Sarah Moore enough. Highly intelligent, experienced and knowledgeable but also down to earth, approachable and make you feel you ca...
The Legal 500, 2025
"We love working with Sarah. She is an excellent, knowledgeable and approachable person."
Chambers & Partners, 2025
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