Arnold Bloch Leibler has been highly ranked in Best Lawyers® International guide for 2024, with partner Leon Zwier named 'Lawyer of the Year' for the category of Insolvency and Reorganisation Law.
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.
Congratulations to all of our partners, consultants, special counsel, senior associates and lawyers named in this year’s list, including the six ABL lawyers who were recognised for the first time this year.
The Law Firm of the Year award recognises a single top firm for its work in specific legal practice areas nationwide. ABL has been recognised as 'Law Firm of the Year' for 'Alternative Dispute Resolution'.
| Practice area | Listed individuals |
|---|---|
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | Susanna Ford Jonathan Milner John Mitchell Leon Zwier |
| Banking and Finance Law | Damien Cuddihy Ben Mahoney Genevieve Sexton Stephen Sharp Luise Squire * |
| Bet the Company Litigation | Jonathan Milner Justin Vaatstra Leon Zwier |
| Class Action Litigation | Jonathan Milner John Mitchell 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 Jason van Grieken Jonathan Wenig Rebecca Zwier |
| Competition Law | Zaven Mardirossian |
| Construction/Infrastructure Law | Kevin Frawley |
| Corporate Law | Ari Bendet * ~ Vidushee Deora ~ Christine Fleer Gavin Hammerschlag Henry Lanzer AM Jeremy Lanzer Jeremy Leibler Jane Sheridan Jonathan Wenig |
| Corporate/Governance Practice | Jeremy Leibler Jonathan Milner Jane Sheridan Jonathan Wenig |
| Distressed Investing & Debt Trading | Leon Zwier |
| Employee Benefits Law | Bridget Little |
| Equity Capital Markets Law | Vidushee Deora ~ Gavin Hammerschlag Jeremy Lanzer Jeremy Leibler Scott Phillips Jane Sheridan Jonathan Wenig |
| Insolvency & Reorganisation Law | Caroline Goulden Elyse Hilton Ben Mahoney Jonathan Milner Genevieve Sexton Jane Sheridan Justin Vaatstra Leon Zwier^ |
| Leasing Law | Tyrone McCarthy |
| Litigation | Susanna Ford Ben Friis-O'Toole * ~ Caroline Goulden Stephen Lloyd * John Mengolian Jonathan Milner John Mitchell Erin Puckridge * ~ Justin Vaatstra Leon Zwier |
| Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Ari Bendet * ~ Jeremy Leibler Scott Phillips Ross Paterson Jane Sheridan Jonathan Wenig Rebecca Zwier |
| Native Title Law | Peter Seidel |
| Project Finance and Development Practice | Damien Cuddihy Genevieve Sexton Stephen Sharp |
| Public Law | Peter Seidel |
| Private Equity Law | Paul Rubenstein |
| Real Property Law | Stephanie Campbell Kevin Frawley Ken Gray Tyrone McCarthy Brianna Youngson |
| Regulatory Practice | John Mitchell |
| Structured Finance Law | Paul Rubenstein |
| Tax Law | Shaun Cartoon Clint Harding Mark Leibler AC Paul Sokolowski |
| Venture Capital Law | Jeremy Lanzer |
| Wealth Management/Succession Planning | Mark Leibler AC |
* 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.
