Leona Healey
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Leona Healey

Of Counsel

Email

leona.healey@aoshearman.com

Phone

+852 2974 7510

Offices

Hong Kong SAR

V-CARD
Leona is a restructuring and insolvency specialist with extensive cross-border experience Leona is a key member of our restructuring and insolvency practice.
With over a decade of experience, she provides strategic advice to clients navigating complex financial distress across the APAC region and has also advised on matters involving major offshore financial centers. Leona has played a critical role in a range of high-profile restructurings, acting for commercial banks, investment banks, insolvency practitioners, listed companies, directors, and shareholders. She has notably acted for the creditor steering committees in the recent wave of distressed Chinese real estate developer restructurings. Her fluency in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese enables her to support clients on multi-jurisdictional cases. Leona has been recognised in both the Asia and Greater China lists of LexisNexis 40 under 40 2025 and was a finalist for the IWIRC Rising Star Award 2023. She is also recognised for her commitment to the profession, having served as Co-Chairperson of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (Hong Kong) from 2023 to 2025.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Acting for the co-ordination committee of lenders under certain syndicated facilities to Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited to effect a holistic restructuring of the group’s offshore debts.
  • Acting for the co-ordination committee of lenders under certain syndicated facilities to Shimao Group Holdings Limited to effect a holistic restructuring of the group’s offshore debts.
  • Acting for the co-ordination committee of lenders under certain syndicated and bilateral facilities to China Aoyuan Group Limited to effect a holistic restructuring of the group’s offshore debts.
  • Acting for the facility agent on behalf of the lenders under certain syndicated facilities to KWG Group Holdings Limited.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Co-Chairperson of the Board of the Hong Kong Network, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation

Awards

  • Rising Star Award 2023 Finalist – International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
  • LexisNexis 40 under 40 Asia List and Greater China List 2025

Qualifications

Admissions

Hong Kong, 2026

Australia, 2011

New Zealand, 2010

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.