About Sally Baker
Sally Baker is a partner and leads the dispute resolution team, which provides internal legal support across our core functions on disputes and claims. Her team also deals with regulatory matters and investigations (including into RSM’s people, such as audit RIs and insolvency office holders), help with risk management and provide witness evidence or information from RSM’s files.
Sally’s focus is to protect our operations and people by solving problems and offering clear, sound advice. Her team works to prevent issues recurring, which includes sharing learnings to ensure everyone has the tools to spot red flags and manage risk.
Sally qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and became a solicitor advocate in 2007.
Before joining RSM on secondment in 2006, she worked for a number of leading city firms in London and Sydney. Sally specialised in commercial and insolvency litigation and supported clients ranging from major insurers, financial institutions and insolvency practitioners from a range of Big Four and mid-tier practices to the Football League.
In 2007, Sally accepted a permanent role at RSM. Since then, she has gained wide-ranging experience across all of the firm’s service lines and dealt with a variety of regulatory matters and claims, including an appeal to the Court of Appeal. She has also represented the firm at a number of mediations, achieving commercial settlements on favourable terms.
“We have a culture of going the extra mile for our internal clients and it’s our mission to find ways to support RSM’s continued success. I also take great pride in protecting the reputation of the firm and its people in regulatory investigations, where we leave no stone unturned to secure the best results we can.”
Sally is proud to have led a fantastic team within an ambitious business. She has focused on ensuring that they deliver what the business needs as it evolves.
Happiest when on the water, Sally loves to canoe, kayak, narrow boat, take on white water rafting and even take a ferry trip. She is also a keen hiker and plans to complete the Coast to Coast path with her family (with two teenagers in tow!).
RSM timeline:
- 2025: promoted to Partner
- 2023: promoted to Head of Dispute Resolution
- 2020: promoted to Co-Head of Dispute Resolution
- 2014: promoted to Senior Legal Counsel
- 2007: joined RSM