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Hannah Zaback joins all-female team at the UK’s leading specialist real estate law firm

Maples Teesdale, the UK’s leading full-service real estate law firm, today announces that Hannah Zaback has joined the firm’s Real Estate Finance team as a Senior Associate. This is the latest senior hire for the all-female team, following the appointments of Zoe Miller as Head of Real Estate Finance in 2023, and Annie Sahakian as an Associate earlier this year.

Hannah joins Maples Teesdale from real estate finance loan servicer Trimont Europe, where she was in-house counsel, following eight years at Rosling King LLP.

In her new role, Hannah will act for lenders, borrowers and agents on acquisition and development finance transactions, as well as advising lenders, borrowers and agents on a broad range of real estate finance transactions across different asset classes.

Maples Teesdale represents some of the UK’s biggest property companies, funds and financial institutions including Firethorn Trust, Pictet Alternative Advisors, Lloyds Banking Group, Maslow Capital, Patrizia, Investec and Tristan Capital.

Zoe Miller, Head of Real Estate Finance at Maples Teesdale commented: “I’m thrilled Hannah has joined our growing team of real estate finance experts, and look forward to her bringing her excellent track record to bear delivering valuable advice and counsel to our clients.

“I’m rightly proud to be leading this exemplary all-female team, where our collective experience, handling complex, varied real estate transactions for both lenders and borrowers, gives us unrivalled understanding of the legal and commercial issues across the funding market.” Hannah Zaback, Senior Associate at Maples Teesdale commented: “I’m so pleased to have joined this fantastic all female-team. I was attracted to Maples Teesdale by its impressive calibre of clients, and look forward to building on the firm’s trusted working relationships with debt providers and equity funders to deliver valuable work for our clients and prospective clients.”