News

Nov 17, 2011

Swaab in The Aus­tralian Finan­cial Review arti­cle on AusLSA 2^nd Envi­ron­men­tal Con­sump­tion Report

This arti­cle focus­es on the find­ings of the 2010 – 2011 Envi­ron­men­tal Con­sump­tion Report by the Aus­tralian Legal Sec­tor Alliance (AusLSA), in par­tic­u­lar the increase in emis­sions report­ed by mem­ber firms, attrib­ut­able to increas­es in air trav­el. Swaab Attor­neys is cit­ed as a report­ing firm…

Sep 26, 2011

Swaab Attor­neys builds on prop­er­ty team

Tony D’Agostino has joined Swaab Attor­neys as a part­ner, expand­ing the fir­m’s capa­bil­i­ty in their prop­er­ty team. Tony has act­ed for a range of large cor­po­ra­tions and pri­vate clients and has built a wealth of knowl­edge in prop­er­ty invest­ment and devel­op­ment hav­ing worked for some of the major play­ers in this space. Tony’s prac­tice focus­es…

Sep 16, 2011

CEO Bron­wyn Pott receives life­time mem­ber­ship to ALPMA

We’re proud to announce that our fear­less leader Bron­wyn Pott has received a life­time mem­ber­ship to the Aus­tralia Legal Prac­tice Man­age­ment Asso­ci­a­tion, an hon­or bestowed on only two oth­er peo­ple in Aus­tralia. Con­grat­u­la­tions Bron…

Sep 9, 2011

Swaab wel­comes new cor­po­rate lawyer and fam­i­ly lawyer

We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of 2 new lawyers to our Swaab team. Andrew Drap­er has joined Swaab as a senior asso­ciate, expand­ing the fir­m’s capa­bil­i­ty in our cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial team. Andrew has act­ed for a range of large cor­po­ra­tions and has built a wealth of knowl­edge in the avi­a­tion indus­try hav­ing…

Jul 21, 2011

Swaab in Busi­ness Review Weekly

Swaab Attor­neys Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Fred Swaab dis­cuss­es the firms inter­na­tion­al alliance with Meritas…

Jul 1, 2011

Swaab Attor­neys announce new senior asso­ciates and associate

We are very pleased to announce Marc Bad­dams and Hec­tor West have been pro­mot­ed to Senior Asso­ciate and Georgina King has been pro­mot­ed to Asso­ciate. We’d like to con­grat­u­late them on the con­tri­bu­tion they make to Swaab and, more impor­tant­ly, to our clients…

Jun 24, 2011

Swaab Attor­neys ranks 17^th in 50 Best Places to Work list 2011

Swaab Attor­neys has been ranked 17th in the BRW’s pres­ti­gious 50 Best Places to Work list 2011. It is the third con­sec­u­tive year that Swaab have made it to the list. The top 20 places were dom­i­nat­ed by IT and online busi­ness­es, and Swaab was the only law firm in the…

Jun 16, 2011

Swaab employ­ment lawyer writes on unfair dis­missal for Char­tered Sec­re­taries magazine

In this arti­cle Ter­mi­nat­ing an employ­ee — reduc­ing the risks of unfair dis­missal claims, employ­ment lawyer Bren­dan Tay­lor exam­ines recent unfair dis­missal cas­es and high­lights the need for employ­ers to keep detailed records and abide by prin­ci­ples of pro­ce­dur­al fairness…

Apr 14, 2011

Envi­ron­men­tal impact of law firms report by AusLSA

In March 2011, the Aus­tralian Legal Sec­tor Alliance (AusLSA) released a report, The Envi­ron­men­tal Con­sump­tion of AusLSA Mem­bers 2009 – 2010, on the con­sump­tion of ener­gy, water and paper and the pro­duc­tion of waste by its mem­ber law firms…

Mar 17, 2011

Swaab named Best Aus­tralian Law Firm in 2011 BRW Client Choice Awards

Swaab Attor­neys is proud to announce that we have won the Best Aus­tralian Law Firm Award (rev­enue less than $50 mil­lion) in the 2011 BRW/​Beaton Client Choice Awards, held on the 16th of March 2011 in Sydney.…