News

May 6, 2025

Press Release | Swaab’s James Skel­ton Appoint­ed Chair of Glob­al Emerg­ing Lead­ers Advi­so­ry Board at Mer­i­tas AGM in Mex­i­co City

In this piv­otal lead­er­ship role, James will guide ini­tia­tives to strength­en rela­tion­ships among Emerg­ing Lead­ers across Mer­i­tas’ 175 glob­al mem­ber firms and enhance resources that sup­port a net­work of more than 9,000 lawyers worldwide.James joins the lead­er­ship team alongside:Mol­ly Cam­po­long – Chair-Elect (Robin­son Gray, Colum­bia, South Car­oli­na, USA)Jem­ma For­rest – Sec­re­tary (Ander­son Strath­ern, Glas­gow…

Apr 14, 2025

Press Release | New Part­ner Appoint­ment — Mark Glynn

With over two decades in the indus­try, Mark is a recog­nised front-end con­struc­tion lawyer spe­cial­ist with­in the build­ing and con­struc­tion indus­try. Mark has worked with clients in both the pri­vate and pub­lic sec­tor, up and down the con­tract­ing chain, assist­ing them deliv­er­ing projects with­in their accept­able lev­els of risk.“As we con­tin­ue to grow…

Apr 9, 2025

Press Release | New Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Hugo Mahony

“As we con­tin­ue to expand in line with our strate­gic vision, Hugo’s deep knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in Com­mer­cial, Cor­po­rate, IP & Tech­nol­o­gy law posi­tions him per­fect­ly with­in our team. His appoint­ment strength­ens our abil­i­ty to meet our client needs with excel­lence, ensur­ing we main­tain our hall­mark ded­i­ca­tion and Swaab Brand of…

Feb 3, 2025

Press Release | New Part­ner Appoint­ment — Sarah Heuvel

“As our firm con­tin­ues to grow in align­ment with our strate­gic plan, Sarah’s exten­sive exper­tise in prop­er­ty and com­mer­cial law, com­bined with over 17 years of indus­try expe­ri­ence with­in the prop­er­ty and real estate sec­tor, makes her an ide­al fit for Swaab and this new­ly cre­at­ed role. Her appoint­ment ensures we…

Jan 29, 2025

Hap­py 2025 Lunar New Year

The Snake sym­bol­is­es wis­dom, intu­ition, and trans­for­ma­tion. It’s a time for strate­gic think­ing, embrac­ing change, and achiev­ing per­son­al growth. May this year bring you suc­cess in all your endeav­ors and the courage to pur­sue your dreams.Thank you for your con­tin­ued sup­port. Let’s make 2025 a remark­able year together! #LunarNewYear #YearOfTheS­nake #Hap­pyNewYear #Pros­per­i­ty #Trans­for­ma­tion #Clien­tAp­pre­ci­a­tion…

Dec 24, 2024

Hol­i­day Office Clo­sure — 2024

The Swaab office will be unat­tend­ed over the hol­i­day and new year peri­od from mid­day Tues­day 24 Decem­ber 2024 re-open­ing at 8.00 am Mon­day 6 Jan­u­ary 2025If you have an emer­gency and need to speak with one of our lawyers, please call +61 2 9233 5544.We wish you a hap­py hol­i­days and a pros­per­ous new year…

Dec 23, 2024

Excit­ing News | Our New Look Swaab Web­site is Live

What’s New?User-Friend­ly Nav­i­ga­tion: Eas­i­ly find the infor­ma­tion you need with our intu­itive search func­tions, menus, and stream­lined layout.Enhanced Func­tion­al­i­ty: Our site now fea­tures a vibrant Peo­ple & Cul­ture sec­tion that show­cas­es what it’s like to work at Swaab, along with enhanced Exper­tise and Sec­tor Focus pages.Mod­ern Design: Enjoy a fresh, con­tem­po­rary look that reflects our…

Dec 20, 2024

Season’s Greet­ings from Swaab

This hol­i­day sea­son, we reflect on the chal­lenges and tri­umphs of the past year and look for­ward to the promise of the new year ahead. From all of us at Swaab, we wish you a pros­per­ous New Year!Warmest regards,Mary Digiglio Man­ag­ing Partner…

Nov 6, 2024

Press Release | Swaab Appoints New Gen­er­al Manager

“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…

Oct 16, 2024

Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas presents to Swaab

We are thrilled to be host­ing the 2024 Mer­i­tas ANZ Region­al Meet­ing! Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas, deliv­ered an engag­ing pre­sen­ta­tion to the Swaab team, high­light­ing the ser­vices and pro­grams that empow­er mem­ber firms like ours to com­pete, grow, and excel in client ser­vice. Sona also shared an insight­ful update…