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.
For the first time this year, ABL has individuals ranked in the areas of 'Defamation and Media Law’, ‘Labour and Employment Law’ and ‘Non-Profit / Charities Law’.
Senior associates Ari Bendet, Ben Chahoud, Vidushee Deora, Luke Jedynak and Erin Puckridge were listed as 'Ones to Watch' in this year's guide.
In addition to being listed, Leon Zwier was awarded ‘Lawyer of the Year’ for 'Insolvency and Reorganisation Law’, which is 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.
| Practice area | Listed individuals |
|---|---|
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | Sam Dollard Susanna Ford Ben Friis-O’Toole # 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 |
| Construction/Infrastructure Law | Kevin Frawley John Mengolian # |
| Corporate/Governance Practice | Jeremy Lanzer # Jeremy Leibler Jonathan Milner Jane Sheridan Jason van Grieken Jonathan Wenig |
| Corporate Law | Ari Bendet ~ Joey Borensztajn AM Vidushee Deora ~ Christine Fleer Gavin Hammerschlag Luke Jedynak ~ # Henry Lanzer AM Jeremy Lanzer Jeremy Leibler Jane Sheridan Jonathan Wenig |
| Defamation and Media Law | Leon Zwier # |
| 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 | Susanna Ford # Elyse Hilton Stephen Lloyd Ben Mahoney Jonathan Milner Genevieve Sexton Jane Sheridan Justin Vaatstra Leon Zwier ^ |
| Labour and Employment Law | Rachel Soh # |
| Leasing Law | Gia Cari Dorian Henneron Tyrone McCarthy |
| Litigation | Sam Dollard Susanna Ford Stephen Lloyd John Mengolian Jonathan Milner John Mitchell Erin Puckridge ~ Justin Vaatstra Leon Zwier |
| Mergers and Acquisitions Law | Ari Bendet ~ Henry Lanzer AM # Jeremy Lanzer Jeremy Leibler Ross Paterson Scott Phillips Emily Simmons Jonathan Wenig Rebecca Zwier |
| Native Title Law | Peter Seidel |
| Non-Profit / Charities Law | Bridgid Cowling # |
| Private Equity Law | Ari Bendet ~ # Paul Rubenstein |
| Project Finance and Development Practice | Genevieve Sexton Stephen Sharp |
| Public Law | Peter Seidel |
| Real Property Law | Gia Cari # Ben Chahoud ~ # Kevin Frawley Ken Gray Dorian Henneron # Tyrone McCarthy Brianna Youngson |
| Regulatory Practice | Jonathan Milner John Mitchell |
| Structured Finance Law | Ben Mahoney # Paul Rubenstein |
| Tax Law | Shaun Cartoon Clint Harding Mark Leibler AC Jonathan Ortner Paul Sokolowski |
| Trusts and Estates | Joey Borensztajn AM Laura Cochrane Mark Leibler AC # Ross Paterson Emily Simmons # |
| Venture Capital Law | Jeremy Lanzer |
| Wealth Management/Succession Planning | Joey Borensztajn AM Christine Fleer # Henry Lanzer AM Mark Leibler AC Ross Paterson |
# Lawyers listed for the first time in that category.
^ ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in relevant category.
~ ‘One to watch’ in the relevant category.
