News

20 Apr 2023

The New World of For­eign Direct Invest­ment, April 2023

This pub­li­ca­tion offers prac­ti­cal advice and guid­ance from high­ly respect­ed inter­na­tion­al law firms about what for­eign investors can expect to encounter when invest­ing in key juris­dic­tions. His­toric atti­tudes favour­ing glob­al­iza­tion are fun­da­men­tal­ly chang­ing the world. This trend direct­ly impacts future for­eign direct invest­ment trans­ac­tions as nations place high­er pri­or­i­ties on…

13 Apr 2023

2023 Mer­i­tas​‘Elite’ Law Firm Network

Cham­bers’ in-depth research teams assess lawyers and law firms across more than 200 juris­dic­tions around the world, pro­vid­ing inde­pen­dent and impar­tial intel­li­gence and mar­ket insight. Its research method­ol­o­gy is unri­valed in accu­ra­cy, depth, and qual­i­ty, deliv­er­ing indis­pens­able data insights based on rank­ings that tru­ly reflect abil­i­ty and talent. “This annu­al recog­ni­tion…

21 Dec 2022

Press Release | New Senior Pro­mo­tions for Swaab

“It is tru­ly reward­ing to be able to recog­nise the fol­low­ing home grown tal­ent with well-deserved promotions: James Skel­ton appoint­ed to the posi­tion of Part­ner of Swaab. James start­ed at Swaab as a grad­u­ate in March 2015. Through his loy­al­ty, his com­mit­ment and hard work, James has become a trust­ed advi­sor to his…

20 July 2022

2022 Mer­i­tas Legal Guides for Busi­ness Invest­ment and Expan­sion in Aus­tralia and 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…

9 May 2022

James Skel­ton is rep­re­sent­ing Swaab at the Inter­na­tion­al Trade­mark Asso­ci­a­tion (INTA) 2022 Annu­al Meet­ing | Wash­ing­ton, D.C.

James Skel­ton is hav­ing a fan­tas­tic time in Wash­ing­ton DC at the Inter­na­tion­al Trade­mark Asso­ci­a­tion (INTA) 2022 Annu­al Meet­ing meet­ing, catch­ing up with old and new intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty col­leagues on behalf of Swaab. At the halfway point now with plen­ty of inter­est­ing ses­sions and catch ups still ahead…

13 Apr 2022

James Skel­ton pre­sent­ed to the Mer­i­tas Asia Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty Prac­tice Group, 12 April 2022

James Skel­ton was the spe­cial guest pre­sen­ter at last night’s Mer­i­tas Asia Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty Prac­tice Group meet­ing, which includ­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Khai­tan & Co, Joyce Tan & Part­ners, Koji­ma Law, Broad & Bright, Law­Plus, AccraLaw and K1 Cham­ber LLP. James shared with the Asia Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty Prac­tice Group details about Swaab’s IP and…

4 Mar 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions James Skel­ton | Aus­tralasian Lawyer 2022 Ris­ing Star

Con­grat­u­la­tions James Skel­ton on being recog­nised by Aus­tralasian Lawyer as a 2022 Ris­ing Star.  Aus­tralasian Lawyer received nation­wide nom­i­na­tions for the 2022 Ris­ing Stars list in Octo­ber 2021. Nom­i­nees were required to be 35 or under as of 31 Jan­u­ary and com­mit­ted to a career in the legal pro­fes­sion. Each nom­i­nee was asked…

25 Feb 2021

Grad­u­ates Pro­gram 2021 — An inter­view with James Skelton

A key fac­tor in main­tain­ing our dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion is embrac­ing inno­va­tion, diver­si­ty and the fresh per­spec­tives that come to our firm from employ­ing graduates. In the lead up to the Grad­u­ates Pro­gram for 2021 we will be inter­view­ing our past grad­u­ates and ask them to reflect on what their most inter­est­ing and…

8 Oct 2020

Mer­i­tas Week 2020 | Young Lawyer Advi­so­ry Board – Well­be­ing webi­nar for Mer­i­tas firms

In this ses­sion Mer­i­tas par­tic­i­pants will hear advice from senior lawyers from three dif­fer­ent coun­tries on how they han­dled com­pet­ing inter­ests ear­ly in their careers. They will also hear from an exec­u­tive coach that reg­u­lar­ly coach­es lawyers and oth­er pro­fes­sion­als on such issues. There will also be an oppor­tu­ni­ty to…

25 Mar 2019

James Skel­ton has been announced as a final­ist in the 2019 Aus­tralasian Law Awards

Con­grat­u­la­tions to James Skel­ton who has been announced as a final­ist in the ​‘Young Pri­vate Prac­tice Lawyer of the Year (30 or under)’ cat­e­go­ry of the Aus­tralasian Law Awards 2019. The Aus­tralasian Law Awards cel­e­brate the out­stand­ing achieve­ments of Aus­tralia and New Zealand’s lead­ing legal pro­fes­sion­al, firms and in-house teams for their…