News

Sep 19, 2018

Mary Digiglio inter­viewed by Lawyers Week­ly, ​“Why man­ag­ing part­ners must step up on work­place wellness”

In the lead up to Men­tal Health Month, Mary Digiglio and Melin­da Upton (DLA Piper) have been inter­viewed by Lawyers Week­ly about why firm lead­ers need to lead from the front on well­be­ing matters. The first half of the con­ver­sa­tion can be read here. Part two of the con­ver­sa­tion focus­es on…

Sep 14, 2018

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place bul­ly­ing on ​‘Mon­ey News’

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place bul­ly­ing on the ​‘Mon­ey News’ pro­gram on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC. Lis­ten to the inter­view here (from 22.30).…

Aug 1, 2018

Swaab Attor­neys earns recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, a glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms

Mer­i­tas is the only law firm alliance with an estab­lished and com­pre­hen­sive means of mon­i­tor­ing the qual­i­ty of its mem­ber firms — a process that saves clients time val­i­dat­ing law firm cre­den­tials and expe­ri­ence. Mer­i­tas mem­ber­ship is selec­tive and by invi­ta­tion only. Firms are reg­u­lar­ly assessed and recer­ti­fied for the…

Jun 28, 2018

Swaab Attor­neys announces a record nine promotions

Swaab Attor­neys are delight­ed to announce the fol­low­ing inter­nal pro­mo­tions across the fir­m’s employ­ment, lit­i­ga­tion, IP & tech­nol­o­gy, com­mer­cial, cor­po­rate and prop­er­ty, plan­ning and projects teams, effec­tive 1 July 2018. Spe­cial Counsel · Wendy Con­ce­icao, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects · Stacey Collins, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects Senior Asso­ciate · Tim­o­thy Hard­wick, Litigation · Alyce John­son, Prop­er­ty…

May 21, 2018

Alyce John­son named ​‘Ris­ing Star’ by Doyles Guide

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Alyce John­son who has been list­ed by Doyle’s Guide as a Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Ris­ing Star — Aus­tralia & New Zealand.The rank­ings are com­piled from the respons­es con­tained in our Aus­tralia & New Zealand ‑wide sur­vey of Part­ner-lev­el Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Lawyers and clients. See the rank­ings here…

May 7, 2018

Swaab wins the 2018 Mer­i­tas ​‘Inno­vate to Ele­vate’ award

Swaab Attor­neys have been award­ed the inau­gur­al ​‘Inno­vate to Ele­vate’ award by Mer­i­tas for 2018. The award is a way to recog­nise and reward inno­v­a­tive think­ing that pro­motes improved per­for­mance with­in the organisation.  Mary proud­ly received the ​‘Inno­va­tion to Ele­vate’ award at the Inter­na­tion­al Mer­i­tas Law Firms World­wide Con­fer­ence held in…

Apr 24, 2018

Emma Flem­ing and Cecil­ia Rose ranked in Doyles Guide 2018

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Emma Flem­ing and Cecil­ia Rose who have been iden­ti­fied by clients and peers for their exper­tise and abil­i­ties in Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment law. Both Emma and Cecil­ia have been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed in the Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment Lawyers cat­e­go­ry and Emma has also been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed in the Envi­ron­ment…

Apr 9, 2018

Mary Digiglio and Tony D’Agosti­no ranked in Doyles Guide 2018

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Mary Digiglio and Tony D’Agosti­no who have been iden­ti­fied by clients and peers for their exper­tise and abil­i­ties in Prop­er­ty and Real Estate Law. Both Mary and Tony have been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed in the Prop­er­ty & Real Estate Lawyers cat­e­go­ry and Mary has also been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed…

Jan 15, 2018

New Part­ner Joins Employ­ment Team

Swaab are delight­ed to wel­come new part­ner Michael Byrnes to the fir­m’s Employ­ment Practice. Michael brings with him over 21 years’ expe­ri­ence in employ­ment law with a spe­cial­i­ty in Work­place rela­tions, Employ­ment and Safe­ty. Michael’s broad range of expe­ri­ence includes employ­ment con­tract nego­ti­a­tion, employ­ment law aspects of cor­po­rate trans­ac­tions and appear­ing as an…

Dec 4, 2017

Fam­i­ly Law prac­tice recog­nised in Doyles Guide 

Con­grat­u­la­tions to the Fam­i­ly Law prac­tice at Swaab Attor­neys who have been recog­nised in sev­er­al cat­e­gories of the Doyles Guide Fam­i­ly Law Rankings. Not only has Swaab Attor­neys been recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Fam­i­ly & Divorce Law Firm for 2018 but 3 lawyers have been indi­vid­u­al­ly awarded.  Greg Park­er is a Rec­om­mend­ed…