Best Lawyers® is a well respected peer review guide to the legal profession and the Lawyer of the Year award recognises the individual with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.
Partners Nathan Briner, Gia Cari, Dorian Henneron, Jonathan Ortner and Special Counsel Emily Simmons and Rachel Soh have been noted in the guide for the first time this year. Partner Ben Friis-O'Toole, Senior Associates Ari Bendet and Vidushee Deora and Lawyer Erin Puckridge were listed as 'Ones to Watch'.
In addition to being listed, Peter Seidel and Leon Zwier were awarded ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in their respective categories, Native Title Law and Distressed Investing and Debt Trading Practice, awarded to the lawyer with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.
Congratulations to all of our partners, consultants, special counsel, senior associates and lawyers named in this year’s list.
The Best Lawyers® 'Law Firm of the Year' results will be published on 20 May 2024.
| Practice area | Listed individuals |
|---|---|
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | Sam Dollard # Susanna Ford Jonathan Milner John Mitchell Leon Zwier |
| Banking and Finance Law | Nathan Briner * Damien Cuddihy Ben Mahoney Genevieve Sexton Stephen Sharp Luise Squire |
| Bet the Company Litigation | Jonathan Milner Justin Vaatstra Leon Zwier |
| Class Action Litigation | Susanna Ford # John Mitchell Jonathan Milner Leon Zwier |
| Commercial Law | Joey Borensztajn AM Philip Chester Laura Cochrane Sam Dollard Christine Fleer Henry Lanzer AM Jeremy Lanzer Jeremy Leibler Ben Mahoney Ross Paterson Scott Phillips # Jane Sheridan # Emily Simmons * Jason van Grieken Jonathan Wenig Rebecca Zwier |
| Competition Law | Zaven Mardirossian |
| Construction/Infrastructure Law | Kevin Frawley |
| Corporate/Governance Practice | Jeremy Leibler Jonathan Milner Jane Sheridan Jason van Grieken # Jonathan Wenig |
| Corporate Law | Ari Bendet ~ Joey Borensztajn AM # Vidushee Deora ~ Christine Fleer Gavin Hammerschlag Henry Lanzer AM Jeremy Lanzer Jeremy Leibler Jane Sheridan Jonathan Wenig |
| Distressed Investing & Debt Trading | Leon Zwier ^ |
| Employee Benefits Law | Bridget Little Rachel Soh * |
| Equity Capital Markets Law | Vidushee Deora ~ Gavin Hammerschlag Jeremy Lanzer Jeremy Leibler Scott Phillips Jane Sheridan Jason van Grieken # Jonathan Wenig |
| Insolvency and Reorganisation Law | Elyse Hilton Stephen Lloyd # Ben Mahoney Jonathan Milner Genevieve Sexton Jane Sheridan Justin Vaatstra Leon Zwier |
| Leasing Law | Gia Cari * Dorian Henneron * Tyrone McCarthy |
| Litigation | Sam Dollard # Susanna Ford Ben Friis-O'Toole ~ Stephen Lloyd John Mengolian Jonathan Milner John Mitchell Erin Puckridge ~ Justin Vaatstra Leon Zwier |
| Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Ari Bendet ~ Jeremy Lanzer # Jeremy Leibler Scott Phillips Emily Simmons * Jonathan Wenig Rebecca Zwier |
| Native Title Law | Peter Seidel |
| Private Equity Law | Paul Rubenstein |
| Project Finance and Development Practice | Genevieve Sexton Stephen Sharp |
| Public Law | Peter Seidel ^ |
| Real Property Law | Kevin Frawley Ken Gray Tyrone McCarthy Brianna Youngson |
| Regulatory Practice | Jonathan Milner # John Mitchell |
| Structured Finance Law | Paul Rubenstein |
| Tax Law | Shaun Cartoon Clint Harding Mark Leibler AC Jonathan Ortner * Paul Sokolowski |
| Trusts and Estates | Joey Borensztajn AM # Laura Cochrane # Ross Paterson # |
| Venture Capital Law | Jeremy Lanzer |
| Wealth Management/Succession Planning | Joey Borensztajn AM # Henry Lanzer AM # Mark Leibler AC Ross Paterson # |
* Lawyers listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.
^ ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in relevant category.
# Lawyers listed for the first time in that category.
~ Lawyer listed 'One to watch' in the relevant category.
