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Swaab hosted the Family Business Australia (FBA) NSW Celebrate: End of Year Networking Event 2021
Angela Harvey and Swaab were once again honoured to host the annual Family Business Australia (FBA) NSW Celebrate: End of Year Networking Event. This event has become one of the most popular and anticipated in the NSW calendar. 2021 has shown that family businesses have once again been resilient and persevered in…
2021 Meritas ‘Elite’ Law Firm Network
Chambers outlines the exacting criteria for ‘Elite’ networks in their commentary for the 2021 guide: “In the Elite category of the Leading Law Firm Networks section, the rankings focus on the most impressive independent law firm networks worldwide. The chief criterion for a leading legal network, is that the member firms are independent…
Graduates Program 2021 — An interview with John Trinh
A key factor in maintaining our differentiation is embracing innovation, diversity and the fresh perspectives that come to our firm from employing graduates. In the lead up to the Graduates Program for 2021 we will be interviewing our past graduates and ask them to reflect on what their most interesting and…
Press Release | Three New Senior Appointments for Swaab
Trina Francis – Partner, Family Law, specialising in family law, lawyer-assisted mediation and litigation will be joining our award winning accredited specialist Family Law team. With over 20 years’ experience Trina has worked exclusively in the area of Family Law, initially as an advocate for clients of a community legal centre before…
Holiday Office Closure 2020
If you need to speak with one of our lawyers, please call +61 2 9233 5544. We wish you a happy holidays and a prosperous new year!…
A special thank you to all our clients
Client feedback and continuous improvement are important to us at Swaab and form a key component of our Swaab Brand of Service. The key findings included: we exceeded your expectations when it comes to our performance you find us extremely easy to work with, and you are likely to recommend your key contact and…
Angela Harvey recognised in Doyles Guide 2020
As part of the Estate Planning and Wealth Management practice, Angela’s experience includes asset protection, trusts, succession planning, analysing established structures, contested estates — including family provision matters, family asset arrangements, and preparation of Wills, Powers of Attorney and Enduring Guardian documents. Our dedicated professionals have been selected because of their…
Press Release – Swaab and Hardings Lawyers integration
Both Swaab and Hardings Lawyers share several core areas of expertise and industry sector experience, which inspired the integration. “This project was driven by a desire to further develop our domestic and international legal service offering through an alignment which make sense strategically and feels good culturally. Hardings Lawyers and Swaab…
COVID-19 | Witnessing the execution of documents during the pandemic
What’s news in New South Wales? The Electronic Transactions Amendment (COVID-19 Witnessing of Documents) Regulation 2020 (NSW) The COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (NSW) included a regulation-making power in section 17 of Electronic Transactions Act 2000 (NSW) (the Act) to provide for altered arrangements for the signature, witnessing or attestation…
UPDATE #2 COVID-19 | Swaab Business Continuity | 25 March 2020
As the crisis continues to unfold in Australia, we have made the decision that from Thursday 26 March 2020 our entire workforce (including partners) will work remotely. We are very fortunate, that as far as we are aware none of our people have contracted Covid-19. We are committed to providing an excellent…