Sarah Leroy has been appointed to head the global legal department at AXA Real Estate Investment Managers. She will head a 14-strong team dealing with all the legal issues relating to the management of real estate assets and commercial real estate loans.

Leroy joined AXA Real Estate in 2003 and in the last eight years has served as head of legal affairs - corporate finance for France and subsequently led the clients, products and AXA Real Estate contracts global legal team. Prior to joining AXA Real Estate, she was a member of the Paris bar and practised in mergers and acquisitions with international firms Jones Day and August & Debouzy.