Swaab Earns Recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the Pre­mier Glob­al Net­work of Inde­pen­dent Law Firms. Swaab’s mem­ber­ship in Mer­i­tas means its clients can access, qual­i­ty legal exper­tise around the world

Syd­ney, NSW (11 July 2024) – Swaab, a Syd­ney-based law firm, today announced that it has been award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the pre­mier glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms. Swaab joined Mer­i­tas in 2009 and, as a con­di­tion of its mem­ber­ship, is required to suc­cess­ful­ly com­plete recer­ti­fi­ca­tion every three years based on a rig­or­ous review of its com­mit­ment to qual­i­ty stan­dards and excep­tion­al client service.

Mer­i­tas is the only law firm alliance with an estab­lished and com­pre­hen­sive means of mon­i­tor­ing the qual­i­ty of its mem­ber firms, a process that saves clients time by pre­qual­i­fy­ing law firm cre­den­tials and expe­ri­ence. Mer­i­tas mem­ber­ship is selec­tive and by invi­ta­tion only. Firms are reg­u­lar­ly assessed and recer­ti­fied for the breadth of their prac­tice exper­tise, client sat­is­fac­tion, and high lev­els of cyber­se­cu­ri­ty to keep legal infor­ma­tion safe. Mer­i­tas’ exten­sive due dili­gence process ensures that only firms meet­ing the tenets of Mer­i­tas’ unique qual­i­ty assur­ance pro­gram are allowed to retain mem­ber­ship. The mea­sure­ment of the firm’s per­for­mance, based on input from clients and peers, is reflect­ed in a sat­is­fac­tion index score, which is avail­able online at Mer​i​tas​.org.

Swaab’s com­mit­ment to qual­i­ty and val­ue for mon­ey aligns with the Mer­i­tas mis­sion to give clients peace of mind when work­ing with their high­ly vet­ted mem­ber firms,” said Mary Digiglio, Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Swaab We’ve suc­cess­ful­ly col­lab­o­rat­ed with col­leagues around the world to solve our clients’ issues and help them enter and expand into new mar­kets and indus­tries. We look for­ward to keep­ing those vital con­nec­tions strong through mem­ber­ship in Meritas.”

Busi­ness­es trust the strong qual­i­ty of our mem­ber firms and rec­og­nize our exten­sive col­lec­tive capa­bil­i­ties. Mer­i­tas is easy to work with – clients tap into any mem­ber firm and access respon­sive, on-the-ground exper­tise in mar­kets impor­tant to their suc­cess,” said Sona Pan­choly, pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas. Swaab has demon­strat­ed these world-class legal stan­dards and we’re thrilled to have them con­tin­ue their alliance with Meritas.”

About Swaab

Swaab, a Mer­i­tas mem­ber firm, was found­ed in 1981. Since then it has dis­tin­guished itself among the best legal firms with deep legal exper­tise in Com­mer­cial, Cor­po­rate, Employ­ment, Estate Plan­ning, Fam­i­ly, Insol­ven­cy, IP, Lit­i­ga­tion, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment, Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion, and WH&S. For more infor­ma­tion about Swaab’s capa­bil­i­ties and the client ben­e­fits of its mem­ber­ship in Mer­i­tas, vis­it Swaab​.com​.au or call +61 2 9233 5544.

About Mer­i­tas

Mer­i­tas’ glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent, mar­ket-lead­ing law firms pro­vides bor­der­less legal ser­vices to com­pa­nies look­ing to cap­ture oppor­tu­ni­ties and solve issues any­where in the world effec­tive­ly. Com­pa­nies ben­e­fit from local knowl­edge, col­lec­tive strength, and new effi­cien­cies when they work with Mer­i­tas law firms. The per­son­al atten­tion and care they expe­ri­ence are part of Mer­i­tas’ indus­try-first com­mit­ment to the utmost in qual­i­ty of ser­vice and putting client pri­or­i­ties above all else. Found­ed in 1990, Mer­i­tas has mem­ber firms in more than 240 mar­kets world­wide with near­ly 8,500 ded­i­cat­ed, col­lab­o­ra­tive lawyers. To locate a Mer­i­tas resource for a spe­cif­ic need or in a cer­tain mar­ket, vis­it Mer​i​tas​.org or call +1 – 612 3398680.

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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