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Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Tips to man­age sup­port peo­ple in a redun­dan­cy meet­ing”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 9 Octo­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Tips to man­age sup­port peo­ple in a redun­dan­cy meet­ing”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 9 Octo­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

Asso­ciate | Lit­i­ga­tion & Insolvency

About the roleWe cur­rent­ly have an oppor­tu­ni­ty for a tal­ent­ed and ambi­tious lit­i­ga­tion and insol­ven­cy lawyer 3 – 6 years PQE, or suf­fi­cient expe­ri­ence as an insol­ven­cy accoun­tant with legal qual­i­fi­ca­tions, to work in our well-regard­ed lit­i­ga­tion and insol­ven­cy team. Part of a dynam­ic, fast-mov­ing and ser­vice focused prac­tice group, this role pro­vides reg­u­lar…

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…

Secret­ly record­ing your bad boss, 2GB and 4BC John Stan­ley Inter­view with Michael Byrnes

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 28 Octo­ber 2024 to dis­cuss secret­ly record­ing by employ­ees in the workplaceTo lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Should non-com­pete claus­es be banned in Aus­tralia? Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in an arti­cle pub­lished in LSJ Online, 23 Octo­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Should non-com­pete claus­es be banned in Aus­tralia?”, pub­lished in LSJ Online on 23 Octo­ber 2024.To read the full arti­cle click here…

“Secret­ly record­ing col­leagues: A coun­ter­pro­duc­tive strat­e­gy”, an arti­cle writ­ten by Michael Byrnes and pub­lished in HR Leader, 4 Novem­ber 2024

‘Secret­ly record­ing col­leagues: A coun­ter­pro­duc­tive strat­e­gy’, an arti­cle writ­ten by Michael Byrnes and pub­lished in HR Leader, 4 Novem­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

Swaab sup­ports Tour de Cure’s Spring Lunch

We were delight­ed to once again sup­port Tour de Cure’s Spring Lunch, at which around $900k was raised for can­cer research, with this year’s main recip­i­ent being the Leukaemia Foun­da­tion. The Cuban-themed event was full of colour, great music and the gen­eros­i­ty of over 600 atten­dees. Part­ners Julie Briscoe and…

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…

Fam­i­ly Busi­ness Asso­ci­a­tion | NSW/ACT Cel­e­brate Event 2024 Event Details

FBA Mem­bers please join us for the FBA’s Cel­e­brate Event 2024! On Thurs­day, 28 Novem­ber , we’re bring­ing togeth­er the FBA NSW/ACT com­mu­ni­ty for a spe­cial evening acknowl­edg­ing the achieve­ments, chal­lenges and tri­umphs of fam­i­ly busi­ness­es in 2024, host­ed by Swaab at their mid-city venue’s unique open air-ter­race. Enjoy fine com­pa­ny…

Swaab 2024 End of Year Client Event

We are delight­ed to be host­ing the Swaab 2024 Swaab End of Year Client Event to cel­e­brate the end of the year with col­leagues, clients and friends. This year we are excit­ed to announce that our friends at Lord Howe Island Dis­till­ing Com­pa­ny will be host­ing a Gin Tast­ing Expe­ri­ence, show cas­ing their…

‘Tis the Sea­son to Avoid Fol­ly: Work­place Christ­mas Par­ties (2024 Edition)

It’s that time of year. The ​‘Sil­ly Sea­son’. For many organ­i­sa­tions, the offi­cial employ­er Christ­mas par­ty is imminent.The start­ing point for office Christ­mas par­ties is that they are an exten­sion of the work­place — employ­ers need to care­ful­ly bal­ance hold­ing and facil­i­tat­ing a fun event with main­tain­ing a safe, respect­ful envi­ron­ment for employees.Bal­anc­ing the…

Press Release | Emma Nichelsen obtains Accred­it­ed Spe­cial­ist sta­tus with the Law Soci­ety of NSW in Fam­i­ly Law

Swaab Senior Asso­ciate Emma Nichelsen, has obtained Accred­it­ed Spe­cial­ist sta­tus with the Law Soci­ety of NSW in Fam­i­ly Law.Spe­cial­ist Accred­i­ta­tion is a struc­tured peer to peer assess­ment process enabling legal prac­ti­tion­ers to be recog­nised for their exper­tise. Each year the Law Soci­ety runs the accred­i­ta­tion pro­gram for a select num­ber of areas of law. The…

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | Octo­ber 2024

We cel­e­brat­ed the appoint­ment of Kathryn Schultz, Doyles Guide Award recip­i­ents Michael Hayter, Angela Har­vey and John Trinh. Angela Sharpe was inter­viewed by Jerome Doraisamy Lawyers Week­ly, Swaab host­ed the 2024 Mer­i­tas ANZ Region­al Meet­ing and we post­ed a num­ber of employ­ment opportunities …

Con­grat­u­la­tions Greg Park­er and Swaab’s Fam­i­ly Law team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2025

We are thrilled to announce that Greg Park­er has been recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2025 as a Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Fam­i­ly & Divorce Lawyer – Syd­ney. The Swaab Fam­i­ly Law team has also been recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2025 as a Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Fam­i­ly & Divorce Law Firms – Syd­ney, 2025 These pres­ti­gious acco­lades are a tes­ta­ment…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What should you do if an employ­ee secret­ly records a sen­si­tive con­ver­sa­tion at work?”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 27 Novem­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What should you do if an employ­ee secret­ly records a sen­si­tive con­ver­sa­tion at work?”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 27 Novem­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…