Leon is a partner in the Disputes Group. He is an experienced and highly regarded litigator and arbitrator. His practice encompasses commercial disputes, regulatory investigations and inquiries, international arbitration and disputes and providing crisis and risk management and strategic advice to Boards. Leon has advised and acted across a number of industries for global clients. He has particular expertise in alternative dispute resolution processes including international arbitration, expert determination and mediation; in international investments and cross-border transactions including FTAs and investment treaties; and in corporate responsibility compliance with anti-foreign corruption and sanction regimes. Leon is consistently ranked as a leading commercial litigator and arbitrator. Most recently he was listed in Best Lawyers Australia as a leading commercial litigator and in Doyle’s Guide as a Pre-Eminent Arbitration Lawyer. In 2017 and 2018, he was awarded an Acritas Star Award for arbitration work based on client feedback and was also named in Global Arbitration Review’s Who’s Who’s Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders 2017 and 2018 and Asia Pacific Legal 500. Leon is a director of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA). ACICA is Australia's leading international dispute resolution body and is active in arbitration and mediation.
