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2019 a year of oppor­tu­ni­ties and growth

Whilst increased com­pe­ti­tion, dis­rup­tion and con­sol­i­da­tion con­tin­ue to play out through­out the legal sec­tor, our posi­tion in the mar­ket place of serv­ing entre­pre­neurs, busi­ness­es, inno­va­tors, fam­i­lies offices, fam­i­lies and gov­ern­ment remains in grow­ing demand. High­lights includ­ed help­ing a glob­al client with their nation­al busi­ness mod­el roll-out, work­ing with a num­ber of prop­er­ty…

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…

James Skel­ton named 2017 Aus­tralian Young Lawyer of the Year by The Law Coun­cil of Australia

Con­grat­u­la­tions to James Skel­ton who has tak­en out the 2017 Aus­tralian Young Lawyer Award.  James spe­cialis­es in the areas of com­mer­cial, intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty and tech­nol­o­gy law at Swaab Attor­neys and won the 2017 Lawyers Week­ly ​“30 Under 30” Award for com­mer­cial law in Aus­tralia and was pre­vi­ous­ly a final­ist in the 201…

James Skel­ton has been announced as a Young Gun of the Year’ final­ist in the Lawyers Week­ly Aus­tralian Law Awards

Con­grat­u­la­tions to James Skel­ton who has been announced as a final­ist in the ​‘Young Gun of the Year’ cat­e­go­ry of the Aus­tralian Law Awards 2017. Now in its 17th year, the annu­al Lawyers Week­ly Aus­tralian Law Awards cel­e­brates legal pro­fes­sion­als across 34 cat­e­gories from the most senior ranks to its ris­ing stars.We…

James Skel­ton announced final­ist in Lawyers Week­ly 30 under 30 awards

Swaab IP & Tech­nol­o­gy lawyer, James Skel­ton, has been announced a final­ist in the 2015 Lawyers Week­ly 30 under 30 awards in the Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty category. Now in its third year, ​‘30 Under 30’ sta­tus has been a spring­board for career pro­gres­sion for many young lawyers, giv­ing indus­try-wide recog­ni­tion for pro­fes­sion­al com­pe­tence while high­light­ing…

Matthew Hall fea­tured in Smart Com­pa­ny on ACC­C’s action against Woolworth

Swaab IP part­ner, Matthew Hall has been fea­tured in Smart­Com­pa­ny com­ment­ing on the ACC­C’s action against Wool­worth over prod­uct safety. The Aus­tralian Com­pe­ti­tion and Con­sumer Com­mis­sion is tak­ing super­mar­ket giant Wool­worths to court over sev­er­al unsafe prod­ucts, includ­ing a deep fry­er that alleged­ly burnt cus­tomers and a fold­ing stool that could not with­stand…

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