Swaab is pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Alli­ra Hud­son-Gofers as Gen­er­al Man­ag­er, effec­tive Tues­day, Novem­ber 42024.

Join­ing Swaab is more than a new role; it’s an oppor­tu­ni­ty to embark on an excit­ing jour­ney with an authen­tic and approach­able law firm with a true com­mit­ment to cul­ture, well­be­ing and client service.

I am thrilled to be join­ing Swaab and look for­ward to sup­port­ing our tal­ent­ed team to con­tin­ue to deliv­er excep­tion­al ser­vice to our val­ued clients. Togeth­er, we will focus on inno­va­tion, excel­lence, and strate­gic growth to con­tin­ue build­ing on our suc­cess and shap­ing a pos­i­tive future for both our clients and our firm.” said Alli­ra Hudson-Gofers.

The Swaab part­ner­ship and staff join me in wel­com­ing Alli­ra to our firm. Alli­ra brings a wealth of expe­ri­ence and exper­tise to Swaab, hav­ing held numer­ous strate­gic and senior exec­u­tive roles such as Man­ag­ing Part­ner – Patent Attor­neys, Non-Exec­u­tive Direc­tor­ships, Com­pa­ny Sec­re­tar­i­al, and Gen­er­al Man­ag­er positions.

Alli­ra’s appoint­ment is a cru­cial ele­ment of Swaab’s strate­gic plan. Her val­ues, pri­or­i­ties and cre­ative mind­set are nat­u­ral­ly aligned with Swaab’s Brand of Ser­vice and sup­port of our on-going propo­si­tion of putting our peo­ple and clients first, hav­ing a strong focus on cul­ture, well­be­ing and client ser­vice and liv­ing our hall­mark val­ue of Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it,” said Mary Digiglio.

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.

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