Sarah Wilson Ward
About Sarah Wilson Ward
Sarah Wilson Ward is a Director at Elevate, specializing in legal spend management and building effective partnerships between in-house legal teams and law firms.
Work at Elevate
Sarah Wilson Ward currently serves as Director at Elevate, where she focuses on maximizing efficiency and savings through effective partnerships between in-house legal teams and law firms. She has held this position since 2020, with a previous tenure as Senior Manager from 2018 to 2020. Her role involves specializing in legal spend management, best practice law firm engagement, and legal project management.
Education and Expertise
Sarah Wilson Ward studied at Lancaster University, earning a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychology from 2001 to 2004. She furthered her education at BPP Law School, obtaining a Graduate Diploma in Law in 2007. Additionally, she achieved the Costs Lawyer qualification from the Association of Costs Lawyers between 2009 and 2012, and completed the Legal Project Practitioner program at the International Institute of Legal Project Management in 2018.
Background
Sarah Wilson Ward began her career as a Trainee Costs Lawyer at Civil & Commercial Costs Lawyers from 2009 to 2012. She then worked as a Costs Draftsman at Wansbroughs for one year and continued her career as a Costs Lawyer at Stewarts from 2014 to 2018. Prior to her current role at Elevate, she worked at Masters Legal Costs Services LLP from 2012 to 2014.
Achievements
With over 10 years of experience in negotiating legal costs, Sarah Wilson Ward has focused on high-profile and very high-value matters throughout her career. She has also contributed to the academic field as a Guest Lecturer for an MBA program at the University of Bath in 2019 and served as a Team Leader for LawWithoutWalls in the same year.