Our back­ground

Swaab was estab­lished by Fredrick Swaab, in Syd­ney, Aus­tralia, in 1981 and has grown to become a haven for inno­va­tion, entre­pre­neur­ship, fam­i­ly busi­ness, small to medi­um enter­pris­es, cor­po­rates, high-net-worth indi­vid­u­als, and gov­ern­ment clients. We hold a unique posi­tion in the mar­ket­place, as a firm with both full-ser­vice Com­mer­cial and Fam­i­ly law offer­ings. Our suc­cess comes from putting our peo­ple and clients first by liv­ing our val­ues of: Com­mit­ment, Integri­ty, Excel­lence, Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it, Uni­ty, and Inno­va­tion. Our strong and endur­ing cul­ture is the result of devel­op­ing and nur­tur­ing long-term client rela­tion­ships. Our Lawyers have stud­ied Law, Media, Account­ing, Mar­ket­ing, Sci­ence, Math­e­mat­ics, Eco­nom­ics, and Nurs­ing to men­tion a few. Most are award-win­ning and accred­it­ed spe­cial­ists with deep exper­tise in their cho­sen field of practice.

Gen­eros­i­ty of Spirit

We often get asked what is meant by Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it, which is one of our core val­ues and the fir­m’s tag-line. The answer is both sim­ple and com­plex depend­ing on your indi­vid­ual sit­u­a­tion. It is the Swaab ethos, our char­ac­ter or per­son­al­i­ty, it can be dis­tin­guished by our sen­ti­ment, moral nature, or guid­ing beliefs as legal prac­ti­tion­ers and col­lec­tive­ly as a firm. It is embod­ied in our Swaab Brand of Ser­vice and in the way we approach our long stand­ing client rela­tion­ships and pro­fes­sion­al net­works. Our clients say we are good lis­ten­ers, we show empa­thy, exceed their expec­ta­tions, keep our promis­es, share insights, and invest both time and knowl­edge which leads to them achiev­ing remark­able out­comes, col­lec­tive­ly this is known as ​‘Gen­eros­i­ty of Spirit’.

What our clients say

“I would just like to say thank you for your assis­tance in bring­ing this mat­ter to a suc­cess­ful con­clu­sion. With the issues that arose, it was no mean feat. Always good to get a suc­cess­ful out­come with­in the short­est pos­si­ble time”

“Just a quick note to say a big thank you to you and your team for your sup­port this past year. It’s been very busy, and we appre­ci­ate all that you have done for us.”

“It would be remiss of me not to acknowl­edge the ter­rif­ic con­tri­bu­tion that you and your team made to yes­ter­day’s out­come. Not only was the stan­dard of lawyer­ing extreme­ly high but every inter­ac­tion was marked by cour­tesy, dili­gence, and good humour. It was a gen­uine plea­sure to work with you all.”

“Thank you for your help on this mat­ter. This set­tle­ment was a bit stress­ful for all of us, but you man­aged it very well.”

“Thank you so much, you and your team are rock stars. We’re so grate­ful for every­thing you’ve done for us.”

“Thank you for your ser­vice through this process. It’s been a plea­sure hav­ing you rep­re­sent me, and I am thank­ful for your knowl­edge and guid­ance through­out the process.”

“Swaab has been by far the best in terms of advice, per­for­mance, and trust.”

“I have worked with my team for 3 years now, I always find them respon­sive with a ​‘think out­side the box’ atti­tude to han­dling and reach­ing an agree­ment. Noth­ing is ever to dif­fi­cult, nor can’t be fixed. They are 100% the best law firm we work with.”

Indus­try sectors

Hav­ing ser­vice at our core means we are acces­si­ble, down to earth and com­mu­ni­cate in plain Eng­lish. No mat­ter what your issue, we’re just a phone call away. Our core indus­tries sec­tors we serve include: Finan­cial Ser­vices, Health­care & Allied Health, Man­u­fac­tur­ing & Indus­tri­als, Pri­vate Client & Fam­i­ly Busi­ness­es, Real Estate & Con­struc­tion, Tech­nol­o­gy & Media, Retail & Whole­sale, Ser­vices Pro­fes­sion­al & Non-pro­fes­sion­al, Hotels & Hos­pi­tal­i­ty and Ener­gy & Nat­ur­al Resource.