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Mary Digiglio
Managing Partner
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Marc Baddams
Partner
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James Skelton
Partner

Wel­come to the 2022 edi­tion of the Mer­i­tas Legal Guides for Busi­ness Invest­ment and Expan­sion in Aus­tralia and in New Zealand

The glob­al net­work of Mer­i­tas firms offers clients the abil­i­ty to access high-qual­i­ty legal ser­vices through­out Aus­tralia, New Zealand and world­wide. With over 7,600 busi­ness lawyers in over 240 cities, Mer­i­tas gives your com­pa­ny access to local coun­sel around the world. We hope the­ses Guides for Busi­ness Invest­ment and Expan­sion in Aus­tralia and New Zealand are a valu­able resource that will assist your busi­ness in reach­ing its full poten­tial in Aus­tralia and New Zealand.

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.

Publications

Putting the West­pac Work­ing From Home Case in Perspective

Can employ­ees real­ly work from home if they want to? In a recent Fair Work case an employ­ee won the right to…

The risk of builder insol­ven­cy mid way through a con­struc­tion project is real (and will prob­a­bly be expensive)

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

A sig­nif­i­cant deci­sion from the Full Fed­er­al Court has clar­i­fied the lim­its of liq­uida­tors’ pow­ers to unwind cross-com­pa­ny secu­ri­ty grant­ed…

In the News

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the West­pac WFH case on 2SM with Tim Webster

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Tim Web­ster on 2SM on 27 Octo­ber 2025 to dis­cuss the West­pac Work from…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What hap­pens when an employ­ee runs out of sick leave?”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 21 Octo­ber 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What hap­pens when an employ­ee runs out of sick leave?”, pub­lished in HRM…

Press Release | New Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Isabel­la Machin

With a dual back­ground in account­ing and law, Isabel­la brings a depth of com­mer­cial insight and exper­tise to the firm across a wide…

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