Jeremy Leibler

Jeremy David Leibler[1] (born in 1979)[2] is a Partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler and a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.[3] He has been President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, an elected representative roof body of the Australian Jewish Community since 2018.[4] In 2023, Leibler was named by the Australian Financial Review as one of Australia's top 25 private capital dealmakers.[5]

Early life and education

The son of Mark and Rosanna Leibler,[6] Leibler graduated top of the law school at Monash University with first class honours and was awarded the Supreme Court Prize for best honours student.[7] He was editor of the Monash University Law Review in 2002.[8]

Leibler joined Arnold Bloch Leibler in 2003 as an articled clerk.[9] He was made senior associate in 2009 and partner in 2011.[10]

He is involved in activism related to corporate mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and shareholders.[11] Leibler acts for clients including Solomon Lew and Premier Investments Limited,[12] Ruslan Kogan and Kogan.com,[13] and Alex Waislitz and Thorney Investment Group.[14] He has been instrumental in many activist campaigns in relation to ASX listed companies such as AMP,[15] Myer,[16] Cromwell Property Group[17] and VGI Partners.[18]

In 2016, he partnered with Activist Insight to produce a report providing an analysis of activist investing trends in Australia.[19] He regularly lectures at universities and presented a lecture in Corporations Law at Monash University in 2023,[20] where he examined legal and commercial strategies and tactics relevant to shareholder activism.[21]

He is a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel, having been appointed by the governor general, the Hon Sir Peter Cosgrove, in 2015.[22] He is a non-executive director of ASX listed Thorney Technologies Limited[23] and a director of the Spotlight Foundation.[24]

He is a member of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia,[25] a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and of the International Bar Association.[26]

Community work

In November 2018, Leibler was elected as the President of the Zionist Federation of Australia.[27]

He is a former Deputy Chair of Leibler Yavneh College[28] and has served on the boards of numerous organizations within the Jewish community, including the United Jewish Education Board, Zionism Victoria,[29] and is a former chairperson of the Zionist Young Council of Victoria.[30]

In 2017, Leibler led a delegation together Chris Corrigan to Israel on a business mission focusing on Agri-tech.[31]

In October 2019, Leibler led a delegation to Israel together with John Howard, Alexander Downer, Brendan Nelson, Wayne Swan and Stephen Conroy where they met with Benjamin Netanyahu and Reuven Rivlin.[32][33]

In 2020, Mr Leibler was appointed a member of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[34]

In September 2022, Leibler was in Israel where he met Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett who he invited to visit Australia.[35]

In February 2023, Leibler spoke at the Knesset at a global antisemitism forum.[36]

Honors and awards

Leibler is recognised for his expertise in corporate/M&A and capital markets in Chambers Asia Pacific[37] and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.[38] He is recognised by Best Lawyers International[39] in the area of commercial law and has been ranked by Doyle's Guide Australia as ‘pre-eminent’ in the categories of private equity and corporate/M&A in Melbourne.[40][41]

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