Sarah Naylor
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Banking & Finance
Band 2
About
Provided by Sarah Naylor
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance, Real Estate Transactions
Career
Sarah is a Partner and Head of the Banking and Finance department. She is an experienced and highly regarded finance lawyer, acting for lenders and borrowers on a wide range of debt finance and refinance transactions, including acquisition, property, commercial and corporate lending and asset based lending deals. She has considerable experience in handling high-value and complex lending transactions, both domestic and cross-border.
She is also experienced in advising building societies and private banks on the design of their mortgage and savings products, including standard terms and conditions as well as issues relating to outsourcing, the payment services regulations and other related regulatory matters.
Chambers Review
UK
Sarah Naylor is head of the banking and finance department at the firm. She has deep experience in acquisition finance and debt refinancing.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sarah is always very helpful, supportive and pragmatic."
"Sarah is very attentive, keeps me in the picture as to developments and advises me on the best course of action."
"Sarah provides excellent, commercially beneficial support."
"Sarah always takes a practical approach in relation to the deal itself. She is very approachable and always available to advise on deals, no matter how early stage they are."
"She is, without a doubt, one of the easiest individuals to work with. She absolutely gets our business, is always willing to help and is super responsive."
"Sarah is always very helpful, supportive and pragmatic."
"Sarah is very attentive, keeps me in the picture as to developments and advises me on the best course of action."
"Sarah provides excellent, commercially beneficial support."
"Sarah always takes a practical approach in relation to the deal itself. She is very approachable and always available to advise on deals, no matter how early stage they are."
"She is, without a doubt, one of the easiest individuals to work with. She absolutely gets our business, is always willing to help and is super responsive."