News

Oct 21, 2014

Mar­i­lyn Haupt­mann fea­tured in AFR online on mar­i­tal pay­outs tax changes

Fam­i­ly law spe­cial­ist Mar­i­lyn Haupt­mann has been fea­tured in Aus­tralian Finan­cial Review online on the recent tax changes affect­ing house­holds going through a divorce or separation. Although news broke a few months ago that divorce pay­outs from com­pa­nies will be tax­able under a new tax rul­ing, lawyers and accoun­tants say most peo­ple like­ly to…

Aug 21, 2014

Swaab announced final­ist in ALP­MA thought lead­er­ship awards

Swaab is pleased to announce that it was named a final­ist in the ALP­MA Thought Lead­er­ship Awards for the devel­op­ment of the ​“USB sep­a­ra­tion sur­vival kit”. This Sur­vival Kit is dis­crete­ly and inno­v­a­tive­ly stored on a flash dri­ve USB stick and is aimed at pro­vid­ing peo­ple going through the dif­fi­cul­ties of a rela­tion­ship or…

Jul 15, 2014

Lawyers week­ly fea­tures swaab’s pro­mo­tion of one new partner

Swaab’s pro­mo­tion of Annette Wil­son to part­ner has been fea­tured in Lawyers Week­ly. Annette has been with Swaab for over 4 years as a spe­cial coun­sel and is an Accred­it­ed Spe­cial­ist in Fam­i­ly Law by the Law Soci­ety of New South Wales. READ THE ARTICLE…

Jul 1, 2014

2014 Swaab Promotions

Swaab is pleased to announce that Annette Wil­son has been pro­mot­ed to part­ner and Wendy Con­ce­icao to senior associate. Annette has been with Swaab for over 4 years as a spe­cial coun­sel in the Fam­i­ly Law team. Annette is an Accred­it­ed Spe­cial­ist in Fam­i­ly Law by the Law Soci­ety of New South Wales…

Jul 22, 2013

Swaab fam­i­ly lawyer on how to make divorce easier

Swaab fam­i­ly asso­ciate, Car­la San­to has sep­a­rat­ed the myths from the legal truths when it comes to divorce for the July edi­tion of Lattife.…

Apr 29, 2013

Swaab wel­comes new fam­i­ly law associate

We are pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Car­la San­to as an asso­ciate to our esteemed fam­i­ly law team. Car­la is expe­ri­enced in all areas of fam­i­ly law includ­ing prop­er­ty mat­ters, par­ent­ing mat­ters, bind­ing finan­cial agree­ments, child sup­port agree­ments and spousal main­te­nance. She is a pro­fi­cient nego­tia­tor in finan­cial mat­ters and her…

Sep 28, 2012

Swaab Wel­comes New Fam­i­ly Law Solicitor

We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of solic­i­tor Natal­ie De Cam­po to our high­ly regard­ed fam­i­ly law team. Pri­or to her arrival at Swaab, Natal­ie’s roles includ­ed Legal Asso­ciate to Jus­tice Ian Lough­nan and Jus­tice William John­ston at the Fam­i­ly Court of Australia. Natal­ie holds a Bach­e­lor of Arts and Bach­e­lor of…

Aug 15, 2012

Swaab wel­comes new fam­i­ly law senior associate

We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of senior asso­ciate Karen Hardy to our high­ly regard­ed fam­i­ly law team. Karen brings with her exten­sive expe­ri­ence in the area of fam­i­ly law, pre­dom­i­nant­ly deal­ing with prop­er­ty divi­sion, par­ent­ing dis­putes, main­te­nance mat­ters and estate lit­i­ga­tion. Karen is an accred­it­ed spe­cial­ist in fam­i­ly law…

Feb 7, 2012

Swaab Wel­comes New Fam­i­ly Law Solicitor

Han­nah Barnes has joined Swaab Attor­neys as a Solic­i­tor, in our high­ly regard­ed fam­i­ly law team. Han­nah has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in com­plex par­ent­ing and finan­cial mat­ters. Pri­or to her arrival at Swaab, Han­nah’s roles includ­ed Legal Asso­ciate at the Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia and pri­or to that Han­nah was Deputy Asso­ciate to…

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…