Sarah Porter
Post Completion Team Leader (Senior Associate)
I am the post completion team leader (senior associate) and am valued for my technical expertise and operational leadership and have over 40 years’ experience within the legal industry.
I lead Cripps’ post completion team ensuring that property and commercial transactions are fully completed and registered efficiently following completion.
I have extensive experience dealing with a broad range of post-completion matters, from routine registrations through to complex title issues, Land Registry requisitions and SDLT related matters. I works closely with colleagues across the firm to resolve technical registration challenges and ensure clients’ interests are protected throughout the post completion process.
As team leader, I focus on delivering excellent client service, developing team expertise and driving continuous improvement in systems and processes. My practical, solutions-focused approach and detailed understanding of Land Registry requirements enable me to successfully manage even the most complex registration matters.
Outside of my day to day role, I am passionate about developing efficient ways of working and helping teams adapt to changing technology and industry requirements.
Areas of expertise:
- Strategic leadership of post-completion operations
- Complex including bulk HM Land Registry registrations and title rectification
- Resolution of high-value and technically challenging requisitions
- First registrations and unregistered land projects
- SDLT compliance, amendments and risk management
- Restrictions, notices and title defect remediation
- Large-scale portfolio and bulk registration projects
- Post-completion process transformation and automation
- Operational excellence and workflow optimisation
- Regulatory compliance and risk mitigation
- Stakeholder management across lenders, developers and legal teams
- Team leadership, mentoring and capability development