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Mary Digiglio
Managing Partner
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Marc Baddams
Partner
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James Skelton
Partner

Cham­bers and Part­ners, the world’s lead­ing legal rank­ings organ­i­sa­tion and defin­i­tive guide to pro­fes­sion­al ser­vices providers across key mar­kets world­wide, has once again named Mer­i­tas an Elite Glob­al Legal Net­work, its high­est designation.

Mer­i­tas has been named an Elite Glob­al Legal Net­work by Cham­bers, a recog­ni­tion based on inde­pen­dent, in‑depth research across more than 200 juris­dic­tions world­wide. Cham­bers is wide­ly regard­ed as the lead­ing author­i­ty on the legal pro­fes­sion, assess­ing law firms and net­works on the qual­i­ties clients val­ue most, includ­ing tech­ni­cal exper­tise, client ser­vice, and com­mer­cial insight.

Mer­i­tas mem­ber­ship gives clients access to a care­ful­ly vet­ted net­work of 172 inde­pen­dent, full‑service law firms around the world. Each mem­ber meets rig­or­ous qual­i­ty stan­dards, enabling seam­less cross‑border advice deliv­ered by trust­ed local experts who col­lab­o­rate close­ly to sup­port inter­na­tion­al legal matters.

Swaab has been a proud mem­ber of Mer­i­tas since 2009, join­ing the net­work to ensure our clients ben­e­fit from strong glob­al con­nec­tions with­out com­pro­mis­ing on per­son­alised, partner‑led ser­vice. This recog­ni­tion con­firms the con­sis­ten­cy, qual­i­ty, and val­ues shared across the Mer­i­tas net­work and rein­forces our com­mit­ment to deliv­er­ing out­stand­ing out­comes wher­ev­er our clients do business.

To read the Mer­i­tas announce­ment click here

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Publications

No Appor­tion­ment for Sec­tion 37 DBP Act Claims even where the alleged con­cur­rent wrong­do­er is not a sub­con­trac­tor of the builder:

Kapi­la v Mon­u­ment Build­ing Group Pty Ltd [2025] NSWSC 1306 con­firms that builders and nom­i­nat­ed super­vi­sors can be held ful­ly liable…

Tem­po­rary Dis­con­for­mi­ty in Build­ing Defects: Myth, Not Law

The ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” argu­ment in con­struc­tion dis­putes sug­gests that defec­tive work iden­ti­fied before prac­ti­cal com­ple­tion is not a breach while the…

The impor­tance of a Request for Tender

Issu­ing a request for ten­der (RFT) is more than just secur­ing the best or low­est price. An RFT is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to man­age…

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