We are pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Peter Bour­nas as Spe­cial Coun­sel in our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects team.

Peter brings more than 20 years of senior legal and prop­er­ty exper­tise, span­ning pri­vate prac­tice, in-house roles with­in the air­port sec­tor, com­mer­cial advi­so­ry, and con­sul­tan­cy. His strate­gic legal insight, paired with a com­mer­cial­ly dri­ven approach, will sup­port clients in nav­i­gat­ing com­plex mat­ters across prop­er­ty, devel­op­ment, leas­ing, and rev­enue-gen­er­at­ing trans­ac­tions with­in air­port and broad­er com­mer­cial environments.

Our firm con­tin­ues to grow in line with our strate­gic vision. Peter’s appoint­ment enhances our capac­i­ty to respond to evolv­ing client needs, while con­tin­u­ing to deliv­er out­stand­ing val­ue and ser­vice, with the cor­ner­stones of our Swaab Brand of Ser­vice and our Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it,” said Mary Digiglio, Man­ag­ing Part­ner at Swaab.

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

Publications

Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence Fol­ly Called Out by Fair Work Commission

In the recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion deci­sion Mr Bran­den Dey­sel v Elec­tra Lift Co.[2025] FWC 2289, Deputy Pres­i­dent Slevin applied a crit­i­cal…

Assess­ing Scope 3 Emis­sions: An analy­sis of the impli­ca­tions of Den­man Aberdeen Muswell­brook Scone Healthy Envi­ron­ment Group Inc v MACH Ener­gy Aus­tralia Pty Ltd [2025] NSW­CA 163 (the Mount Pleas­ant decision)

Intro­duc­tionOn July 24, 2025, the New South Wales Court of Appeal (NSW­CA) deliv­ered a land­mark rul­ing in Den­man Aberdeen Muswell­brook Scone…

Work­place Rela­tion­ships: The Legal Posi­tion (Cold­play Con­cert Edition)

The recent sto­ry of col­leagues (a Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer and Chief Peo­ple Offi­cer (CPO)) whose appar­ent rela­tion­ship was cap­tured on…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Fair Work warns lit­i­gants against using Chat­G­PT”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 28 August 2025:

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Fair Work warns lit­i­gants against using Chat­G­PT”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 2…

Con­grat­u­la­tions | Angela Har­vey & John Trinh for being recog­nised in 2025 Doyles Guide Rankings

We’re proud to announce that Angela Har­vey has been recog­nised in the 2025 Doyles Guide as a:Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Estates Lit­i­ga­tion Lawyer…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 25 August 2025 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of work­place surveillance

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 25 August 2025 to dis­cuss the legal…

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