Based in the London office, Sarah advises a variety of clients on tax considerations in relation to the full spectrum of corporate transactions, ranging from mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and asset sales and corporate restructurings to tax planning, finance tax and contentious tax matters. She has a particular interest in the infrastructure and technology sectors.
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Work Highlights
Work prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Nestlé on the $10 billion disposal of its Skin Health division to a consortium led by EQT
- Equitix on the acquisition of a 20 per cent. interest in Viridor Energy from KKR
- Arqiva on a complex intra-group restructuring and subsequent sale of its telecoms division to Cellnex for £2 billion
- the Delphi (now Aptiv) group on an internal reorganisation and separation of its Powertrain and propulsion technology division from its automation and self-drive business
- Unilever on its successful defence of Kraft Heinz’s $143 billion takeover bid
- Dialog Semiconductor on the sale to Apple of certain technology assets in relation to power management and chip development
- a fund on the UK tax considerations associated with remuneration proposals for its executives
Education
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College of Law, Moorgate, London, 2007 LPC
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Hertford College, 2006 BA (Jurisprudence)
Sarah Lindley is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Tax Practice. Based in London, Sarah advises a variety of clients on tax considerations in relation to the full spectrum of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and asset sales, corporate restructurings and tax planning. In particular, she has advised numerous clients across the infrastructure, technology and financial services sectors. Sarah also has significant experience in the areas of finance tax and contentious tax.
Work prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Nestlé on the $10 billion disposal of its Skin Health division to a consortium led by EQT
- Equitix on the acquisition of a 20 per cent. interest in Viridor Energy from KKR
- Brookfield on the acquisition of a £1.8 billion stake in Scotia Gas Networks
- Arqiva on a complex intra-group restructuring and subsequent sale of its telecoms division to Cellnex for £2 billion
- Just Eat on its recommended £9 billion all-share combination with Takeaway.com and the defence of a hostile cash takeover approach from Prosus
- a multinational corporate group on the UK aspects of a complex transfer pricing dispute
- the Delphi (now Aptiv) group on an internal reorganisation and separation of its Powertrain and propulsion technology division from its automation and self-drive business
- Unilever on its successful defence of Kraft Heinz’s $143 billion takeover bid
- Dialog Semiconductor on the sale to Apple of certain technology assets in relation to power management and chip development
- a fund on the UK tax considerations associated with remuneration proposals for its executives
- Cookson (now Vesuvius) on the separation and demerger of its Performance Materials business
- a leading bank on a contentious matter relating to the tax consequences of certain remuneration structures for employees