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Sarah Paterson

Visiting Professor of Law

Winter 2026

Sarah Paterson
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Sarah Paterson is a Professor of Law at The London School of Economics and Political Science where she teaches and researches corporate insolvency and restructuring law. Before joining the LSE, Sarah was a partner in the Restructuring and Insolvency Group of Slaughter and May, with whom she retains a senior consultancy. Sarah researches and writes about all aspects of corporate insolvency and restructuring law. She co-authors the comparative US and UK corporate section of Debt Restructuring with Alan Kornberg and is the author of a monograph, Corporate Reorganization Law and Forces of Change, both published by OUP. Sarah is a member of the technical committee of the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association, III, the General Technical Committee of R3 and the Academic Steering Committee of INSOL International. She is Legislation Editor for the Modern Law Review and an Editorial Board Member of the European Insolvency and Restructuring Journal.