Leon Zwier

Leon Zwier (born July 1957) is an Australian lawyer. He has been a partner of Arnold Bloch Leibler since 1991 and is head of the firm's dispute resolution litigation and restructuring & insolvency practices. due to his successes in resolving complex, nuanced, and delicate legal issues.

Early life and education Zwier's parents immigrated to Australia from Poland and Germany. Zwier attended Mount Scopus Memorial College and the University of Melbourne. Rino & Bruno Grollo, Ray Williams, Ten Network, Bill Shorten, Josh Frydenberg and Peter Scanlon. and the Melbourne, Collingwood and Essendon Football Clubs. Zwier has developed a pre-eminent reputation in restructuring and insolvency, having acted for the voluntary administrators in Australia's largest corporate collapses, including Brashs, Ansett Airlines Zwier has written for publications such as The Australian and is the co-author of Leo Cussen Institute Advanced Negotiation Strategies Paper. He regularly presents to university students about current legal issues.

Community work Zwier is actively involved in pro bono work, supporting causes he believes in. and acted for actresses Eryn Jean Norvill and Yael Stone who were witnesses in Geoffrey Rush's defamation case against The Daily Telegraph. Zwier also helped the Essendonians Inc recover the three Brownlow medals of former player Dick Reynolds. Zwier was on the Advisory Committee of the Australian Law Reform Commission's Review of Corporate Criminal Liability and was a member of the Federal Government's Insolvency Practitioner Disciplinary Committees. He is an Appeals Conduct Commissioner of Cricket Australia's code of behaviour and a board member of the Scanlon Foundation. Previously, he was a non-executive director of ASX listed Challenger Limited. Zwier is a member of several professional associations including Law Council of Australia and its Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee, Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA), Turnaround Management Association Australia, International Bar Association's Insolvency Section and INSOL International. a star individual by Chambers Asia Pacific, and ‘Market Leader’ in Doyle's Guide. He has also been listed in Euromoney's Who's Who, IFLR1000 and Asialaw Leading Lawyers. In December 2021, Zwier was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA). His daughter, Rebecca Zwier, follows in his footsteps as a partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler. The Zwier Zig Zag on Mount Buller is named after him.