Leona Maharaj
UK Guide 2025
Associates to watch : Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds
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About
Provided by Leona Maharaj
Practice Areas
Leona is a Senior Associate in Appleby’s Corporate department in Guernsey.
Leona’s expertise is predominantly in the areas of general banking and debt finance, syndicated lending, commercial property finance, acquisition finance, fund finance, leveraged finance and related security structures acting on behalf of both borrowers and lenders.
Career
Leona was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2014, having trained and qualified at one of South Africa’s leading commercial law firms Webber Wentzel (in alliance with Linklaters), where she subsequently spent five years in the Banking and Finance team (which included a short legal secondment to Absa Bank Limited), followed by two years at another top ranked offshore firm in Jersey.
Chambers Review
UK
Leona Maharaj is a highly regarded associate noted for advising clients on a range of finance matters, including credit facilities, refinancing and restructuring.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Leona is very responsive and knowledgeable."
"Leona provides an excellent level of service, responsiveness and has a comprehensive knowledge of the Guernsey corporate aspects of transactions."
"Leona delivered a good and consistent level of service during our transaction."
"Leona was great to deal with: communicative and able to get up to speed with a complex and fast-paced transaction so she knew exactly how and when to assist on the Guernsey aspects."
"Leona is very responsive and knowledgeable."
"Leona provides an excellent level of service, responsiveness and has a comprehensive knowledge of the Guernsey corporate aspects of transactions."
"Leona delivered a good and consistent level of service during our transaction."
"Leona was great to deal with: communicative and able to get up to speed with a complex and fast-paced transaction so she knew exactly how and when to assist on the Guernsey aspects."
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