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Henry Lanzer AM

BCom, LLB (Melb)

Managing Partner

ABL Private, Corporate and M&A
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About Henry

Henry Lanzer AM is a senior commercial partner whose practice has a strong emphasis on corporate finance and strategic advice. His practice also covers all facets of mergers and acquisitions advice.

He has a formidable knowledge of the public securities markets and the financing of major enterprises. Henry advises several public and large private company boards and is held in high regard for his extensive strategic planning ability and as a skilled adviser. He has acted for a range of industry groups, offering strategic high-level corporate advice. His extensive experience includes acting for major entertainment groups, specialty retailers, manufacturers and property trusts.

Henry joined Arnold Bloch Leibler in 1982, became a partner in 1984 and was appointed Managing Partner in 1999. As Managing Partner, he is responsible for the management and strategic direction of the firm. He has been a director of, and strategic adviser to, a number of companies and is well known in the corporate world.  His clients value his board experience and commercial flair, and this is emphasised in the ‘mergers and acquisitions’ category of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific  guide which described Henry as “very client-centric with the ability to understand clients’ businesses very well”. Henry is also recommended by Best Lawyers® International  for corporate law.

As part of The Queen’s Birthday 2015 Honours List, Henry was appointed as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM). He was recognised “for significant service to the community, particularly through a range of educational, research and arts organisations, and to the law”. The Order of Australia is the pre-eminent means by which Australia recognises the outstanding and meritorious service of its citizens.

Appointed as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia ‘for significant service to the community, particularly through a range of educational, research and arts organisations, and to the law’.

The Queen’s Birthday 2015 Honours List

Practice focus

Henry’s practice focuses on the following areas:

  • commercial and corporate law, including structuring and governance issues
  • mergers and acquisitions, including negotiation, structuring and completion
  • corporate restructuring and ASX listings, and
  • strategic planning, particularly at board level.

Directorships & memberships

Henry has been a non-executive director of Premier Investments Limited and of The Just Group since 2008, and also a non executive director of Thorney Opportunities Limited since 2013.

In addition to his legal and commercial work, Henry has made a major contribution to a number of institutions, notably serving Mount Scopus Memorial College for over 25 years, first as College Treasurer (1988 to 1996) and then for 18 years as the President of the Mount Scopus Memorial College Foundation (1996 to 2014).

Henry was a former board member of the TarraWarra Museum of Art and was a director of the board of the Burnet Institute. He is also the Honorary Solicitor and advisor to a number of communal organisations.

Awards & recognition

Henry is recognised as a leading lawyer by various international guides to lawyers and law firms, including:

  • Best Lawyers® International: commercial law and corporate law
  • Doyle’s Guide: corporate law, and
  • Legal 500 Asia Pacific: corporate law.

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Recognition & publications

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