Sally Arnold is a Senior Associate within our Corporate team.

Sally specialises in private M&A and private equity transactions, EMI and other share option schemes, and group reorganisations. She advises a wide range of clients – including private companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and high-growth businesses – on complex and high-value deals.

Her career began at Linklaters, where she specialised in private equity, before moving in-house at Unilever to advise on major corporate and commercial projects. At Outset, Sally focused on private M&A, private equity investments, group reorganisations, and corporate governance matters including shareholders’ agreements and articles, before joining People Law in 2024.

Experienced in leading transactions and negotiations across multiple sectors, she draws on both her private practice and in-house background to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused solutions.

Beyond her client work, Sally is actively involved in mentoring junior lawyers and supporting the team’s business development initiatives.

Advising on the group reorganisation and subsequent £12 million investment into a leading cucumber production business

Advising a long-standing development sector client on various property investments and joint ventures

Acting for the seller on the sale of a data software company and its subsidiary to a Dutch acquirer

Acting for the corporate trustee on the £12 million sale of a retail transaction services business to an Employee Ownership Trust

Drafting equity and investment documentation for third-party investment into a start-up computer game development company

Implementing EMI share option schemes for employees of both a planning consultancy and a marketing company

• Assisting in private acquisitions acting for both buyer and seller
• Transaction management, including full due diligence and disclosure processes, liaising with other practitioners and local counsel and managing a team
• Drafting and negotiating shareholders’ agreements and articles of association (including growth share hurdles and other bespoke share rights)
• Drafting and implementing EMI and other share schemes
• Group reorganisations and restructurings
• Share buybacks and other share capital matters
• Advising on employee ownership trusts
• Devising and delivering training both in-house (to other teams and junior lawyers) and to clients
• Property investment joint ventures and investments