Sara Roden
Legal Director
0207 362 5801 07342 998 129 sara.roden@brabners.com
Sara is a Legal Director in our litigation team.
She advises on commercial disputes, with a strong focus on team‑move litigation and shareholder and director disputes. She also acts on partnership disputes and professional negligence claims for both claimants and defendants.
Her work frequently involves allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, restrictive covenant issues, unlawful means conspiracy and cross‑border misuse of confidential information. She has extensive experience obtaining interim relief, including worldwide freezing injunctions, springboard relief, Norwich Pharmacal orders, disclosure orders and relief in support of arbitration.
Sara advises corporates, directors and senior executives — often as part of a wider co‑defendant team — and regularly works alongside employment specialists where disputes overlap.
Qualified since 2017, she’s known for cutting through noise, focusing on what genuinely matters and guiding clients through high‑pressure situations with clarity, honesty and a collaborative approach. Before joining us, she trained at a leading West End firm, later working in a litigation boutique and then a full‑service practice.
Outside work, she previously spent six months in New Orleans volunteering on post‑conviction death penalty appeals. She’s also a member of RAIIDAR.
Sara joined us in April 2026 and is based in our London office.
Case examples
Guy Carpenter & ors -v- Willis Re & ors [2026] EWHC 361 (KB)
Secured a landmark judgment for an alleged recruiting sergeant as part of the wider defendant team in proceedings concerning the resignation of 22 reinsurance brokers, including allegations of misuse of confidential information, breach of restrictive covenants, unlawful means conspiracy and breach of director and fiduciary duties.
Negotiating settlement for recruiting sergeant
Obtained a favourable negotiated settlement on behalf of an alleged recruiting sergeant involved in a cross-border and multi-party (re)insurance sector team move dispute.
US $70m gas drilling arbitration
Acted for the successful claimant in a US $70m exploratory gas drilling arbitration (SIAC administered under UNCITRAL Rules), involving allegations of breach of contract and tortious conversion of goods.
Discovery Land Company & ors -v- Jirehouse & ors [2019] EWHC 2264 (Ch)
Secured a committal sentence against a solicitor for contempt of court following refusal to provide disclosure as to the whereabouts of US $20m misappropriated from a client account.
Unfair prejudice petitions
Acted for both petitioners and respondents in s.994 petitions across various sectors, including a family-owned property development company, a holding company for two London-based Michelin star restaurants and companies in the adult entertainment industry.
Negligent tax advice claim
Secured a favourable settlement in excess of a purported limitation clause for a UHNW executive concerning negligent cross-border US/UK tax advice provided by a Big Four accountancy firm.
Renewable energy investment dispute
Advised an international asset management firm on a multi-million-dollar negligence claim concerning investment contracts in the renewable energy sector and secured pre-action withdrawal of the claim.
Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act claim
Brought proceedings against insurers arising out of the misappropriation of US $20m by a firm of solicitors, in which the Court of Appeal set out the test for when fraudulent conduct had been “condoned” by another solicitor or partner.