Lesley Wan
Corporate real estate legal counsel
Lloyds Banking Group
One of the City’s most high-profile general counsel, Lesley Wan has led the real estate legal team at Lloyds Banking Group for six years.
Since the financial crisis, Lloyds Banking Group has been the reluctant owner of vast swathes of property loans, such as the disposal of £900m of distressed loans backed by UK property in late 2011.
However, Wan says the biggest challenge of her career to date has been to steer the legal integration of Lloyds TSB and HBOS, which merged in the immediate aftermath of the credit crunch.
Law firms used: Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Clifford Chance, CMS Cameron McKenna, Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters, Mayer Brown, Norton Rose, SNR Denton
2006-present: Corporate real estate legal counsel, Lloyds Banking Group
2005-06: Senior solicitor, Bayerische Landesbank
2000-04: Senior associate, Allen & Overy