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Leona Ahmed

020 7160 3460 leona.ahmed@addleshawgoddard.com

Work Department

Real estate.

Position

Investment specialist with in-depth experience in retail, offices and logistics. Key clients include Threadneedle Pensions Ltd; Zurich Assurance, F&C Reit, Aberdeen and Radera. She is also handling increasing amounts of foreign investment into UK real estate by Sovereign Funds. She leads the firm’s Asia Business Group.

Career

Legal executive Edward Lewis until 1995; qualified 1996; Lawrence Graham 1996; partner 2001.

Education

University of Westminster (1995 CPE); College of Law, Chester (1996 LPC).

Leisure

Travel, food, wine and her allotment.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Finance > Asset based lending
• Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
• Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
• Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
• Corporate and commercial > Partnership
• Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
• Transport > Rail
• Industry focus > Retail and consumer
• Real estate > Social housing: finance
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Water

Firm Rankings

• Public sector > Administrative and public law
• Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Real estate > Commercial property: development
• Real estate > Commercial property: investment
• Real estate > Construction: contentious
• Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
• Risk advisory > Corporate governance
• Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
• Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
• Employment > Health and safety
• Public sector > Healthcare
• Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
• Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
• Insurance > Product liability: defendant
• Real estate > Property litigation
• Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
• Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
• Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
• Finance > Debt capital markets
• Employment > Employee share schemes
• Employment > Employers
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
• Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
• Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
• Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
• Real estate > Planning
• Real estate > Property finance
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
• Finance > Securitisation
• Industry focus > TMT
• Finance > Trade finance
• Finance > Acquisition finance
• Transport > Aviation
• Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
• Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
• Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
• Finance > Derivatives and structured products
• Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
• Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
• Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
• Finance > Transport finance and leasing
• Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
• Investment fund formation and management > Private funds