Maria Sagan

Maria Sagan is a highly respected financial services lawyer with over ten years of experience representing both borrowers and lenders. Her expertise is in domestic, cross-border and multi-jurisdictional financings, and she routinely acts for major Canadian banks, foreign banks, private equity firms and domestic and international corporations.

Drawing on broad experience, Maria advises on secured and unsecured lending, asset-based lending, acquisition finance, derivative and structured transactions, securitizations, syndicated lending and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing.

She has been recognized by the Secured Finance Network’s Top 40 under 40 for her contributions to the secured finance industry, and by the Secured Finance Network’s The Secured Lender as a leading woman in the commercial finance industry for her excellence and dedication to client service. Maria is ranked a Rising Star Partner in financial services regulatory and banking by the IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide, and a Repeatedly Recommended Lawyer in the area of banking and financial institutions by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Maria completed a secondment with the derivatives legal group of a leading Canadian bank, gaining valuable insight into the negotiation of derivatives contracts with international financial institutions.

Maria served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Corporate Growth, Toronto Chapter and as Co-Chair of its Young Professionals Committee.