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Hannah Wootton

Waislitz and Pratt drama is running out of lawyers

Billionaire Alex Waislitz may have lost Arnold Bloch Leibler’s services, but he’s got plenty of other lawyers on his books.

When a law firm has done as good a job at cementing itself as the go-to fixers for the rich and influential as Arnold Bloch Leibler for Melbourne’s Collins Street set, conflicts of interest are inevitable. Trickier when clients aren’t acting against each other, but you know they have beef outside the courtroom.

Look at billionaire investor Alex Waislitz, who has certainly been doing his bit to keep lawyers afloat in the cost-of-living crisis. In his and his singer fiancée Rebekah Behbahani’s current legal fight with her sister, former Melbourne Real Housewife Venus Behbahani, it covers two firms.

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Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne. Connect with Hannah on Twitter. Email Hannah at hannah.wootton@afr.com

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