Sarah Letson

About My Work

I have extensive experience in all aspects of non-contentious restructuring and insolvency, acting for a variety of stakeholders including banks, funds and office-holders in respect of domestic and international financial restructurings, distressed real estate and distressed corporate transactions

I am dual qualified in Scotland and England. Prior to relocating to Scotland in 2019, I worked at DLA Piper’s London office for 10 years.

Notable Experience

• Advising a secured lender client on a consensual sale and leaseback of a borrower’s commercial premises, to achieve a reduction of term loan facilities to better position the borrower group for a refinance. Advising the client on the refinance of the remaining term loan facility and invoice finance facility, which achieved the client being repaid in full. Completion October 2023
• Advising (i) a secured lender client regarding a borrower that owned an England-based hotel, including worldwide freezing order and sanction issues restrictions; and (ii) Advising the related administrators on the trading and sale of the hotel, retaining all staff and making full payment to all creditors. Completion July 2023
• Advising Interpath as administrators of AMT Coffee on a pre-pack sale of 18 sites (across Scotland, England and Ireland) and a further sale of 6 sites (England). Completion November 2022
• Advising a secured lender client on the first Restructuring Plan in the SME space – Houst Limited. Completion July 2022

Memberships & Qualifications

• Head Start - mentoring programme: Mentor to junior female fee-earners

Education

• Glasgow Graduate School of Law, 2006
• Strathclyde University, Law and Spanish 1st Class Hons. 2005 (including a year spent studying Spanish law at La Universidad Pública de Navarra)