Sarah Balchin

Sarah advises on a broad spectrum of corporate tax and incentives matters, both domestic and international, for corporates (ranging from start-ups to listed multinationals), entrepreneurs, managers, and investors.

After starting her career in procurement and supply chain management in the oil industry, Sarah trained at a City firm and joined Stevens & Bolton in 2014 on qualification.

Her corporate tax practice includes advising in relation to M&A, private equity transactions, restructurings, demergers, UK real estate, VAT and stamp taxes. Sarah has particular expertise in advising both corporates raising funds, and individuals investing, through the Enterprise Investment Scheme. She regularly advises on the design and implementation of employee share schemes (including incentive arrangements for key management and related corporate governance), exit planning strategies and shareholder-related tax issues, which is an area of interest for her. Sarah also advises in relation to the taxation of termination payments for senior management and their entitlements under various incentive plans.