Sharon Needle

A corporate lawyer with a career spanning more than 27 years.  

Sharon is the Managing Partner of Needle ( https://www.needlepartners.com/ ) having founded Needle in 2007.

Sharon has advised on numerous corporate and commercial transactions both nationally and internationally acting for individuals, companies both private and listed, governments and banks and other financial institutions. 

She brings to each transaction or problem legal and commercial experience and the ability to find clarity through the inevitable obstacles.

Sharon also has particular knowledge in Islamic finance, making Needle one of the few practices outside the City of London with a genuine capability in this area. 

As well as being a solicitor, qualifying in England & Wales on 3rd August 1998, Sharon is also a barrister admitted in Malaysia where she practiced for a number of years before returning to work in the UK for a large International law firm.

Sharon is fluent in Malay/Indonesian and has a basic knowledge of Arabic. 

Sharon is also a qualified yoga teacher and enjoys practicing and teaching yoga and meditation as well as lifting weights at the gym in her spare time.