We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of 2 new lawyers to our Swaab team.

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 worked for some of the indus­try’s major play­ers. Andrew brings to the team over 7 years expe­ri­ence in both pri­vate prac­tice and in-house roles. We are delight­ed to have Andrew join­ing the firm and our cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial team. Andrew brings a new skill set to the team in regards to his expe­ri­ence and knowl­edge of the avi­a­tion indus­try, which we believe our clients will ben­e­fit from,” says Cor­po­rate part­ner Alis­tair Jaque.

Melanie Rubin has joined Swaab as a senior asso­ciate, in our indus­try lead­ing fam­i­ly law team. Melanie is an expe­ri­enced fam­i­ly lawyer and has expe­ri­ence in all areas of fam­i­ly law includ­ing finan­cial agree­ments, prop­er­ty set­tle­ments, par­ent­ing issues, child sup­port issues, divorce appli­ca­tions, spouse main­te­nance and all de fac­to mat­ters. Fam­i­ly law is an impor­tant area of work for our firm and we are excit­ed to be build­ing on our strengths in this ener­getic and vibrant team.” says Fam­i­ly law Part­ner, Mar­i­lyn Hauptmann.

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Intro­duc­tionThis arti­cle pro­vides guid­ance to those under­tak­ing con­struc­tion works and iden­ti­fies a num­ber of con­tract pro­vi­sions which, if includ­ed in the…

Cross-Com­pa­ny Secu­ri­ty and Liq­uida­tor Chal­lenges: Full Fed­er­al Court Restores Cer­tain­ty in CEG Direct Secu­ri­ties v Coop­er [2025] FCAFC 47

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