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UPDATE COVID-19 | Swaab Business Continuity | 17 March 2020
Over the past few weeks, with the escalation of the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Swaab have taken precautions to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of our people, clients and visitors. As the crisis continues to increase in Australia, we have made the decision that from Monday 23 March 2020 we…
World’s Greatest Shave 2020
On Friday night we assembled our hero hairdressers at the Swaab Salon to banish the 9 – 5 hairdo to colour, style and shave hair for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave Event 2020! A massive thank you to all the superheros who took the plunge and got involved on the…
International Women’s Day 2020 #EachforEqual — Mary Digiglio
How has Swaab been so successful in achieving gender diversity in a profession that has struggled for so long? The success of Swaab has been built on our culture. Our firm has a history of gender diversity, having being led by females. The female leaders have influenced our firm’s long history of promoting…
Minds Count Lecture 2019
This year, the lecture was delivered by David Westgate. David is a bipolar businessman, writer and mental health advocate and has had a long career as a high-flying businessman working in the field of advertising. David decided to blend his passion and career to become a keynote speaker for the Black Dog Institute after…
Angela Harvey recognised in Doyles Guide 2019
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 cultural…
Proud supporters of Spark Festival 2019
Following on from last years’ enormous success which saw over 13,000 attendees, the annual Spark Festival is Australia’s largest event for start-ups, investors, entrepreneurs and innovators is set to be a massive success! This year Spark Festival will run a 17-day program from October 10 – 27 and will include over 10…
The Law Society of NSW Advancement of Women Charter
The Advancement of Women Charter is designed to promote and support strategies to retain women in the profession over the course of their careers and encourage and promote their career progression into senior executive and management positions. To achieve this the Charter aims to assist legal practices to develop cultures…
Mary Digiglio featured in Law Society Journal
Chair of Meritas Australia and New Zealand Regional Committee Mary Digiglio featured in the Law Society Journal to discuss the recent Wellness survey which was conducted by Meritas Australia and New Zealand and revealed most employees at small- and medium-sized law firms feel their mental health and wellbeing is important…
Wellness program Q&A featured in the Australian Law Management Journal
In the Q&A featured in the Australian Law Management Journal, Mary Digiglio, managing partner of Swaab and a board member of the Minds Count Foundation, explains why wellness programs can only be successful if they are incorporated as part of the culture of the practice…
2019 Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards
The 19th annual Australian Law Awards is the pinnacle awards program for the nation’s legal profession, recognising the outstanding work being done across major legal practice areas and whilst we did not win the award for Wellness Initiative of the Year, we were absolutely thrilled to have been nominated.Congratulations to…