News

Feb 8, 2024

Hap­py Lunar New Year, wish­ing you hap­pi­ness and prosperity

To all our clients, part­ners, and friends of Swaab, we would like to wish you and your fam­i­ly all the suc­cess and good for­tune, in this year of the Drag­on and hope you have a bright and joy­ous Lunar New Year. Let the new year bring new expe­ri­ences, new smiles, and…

Dec 14, 2023

Swaab wel­comes four new solicitors

Ste­vie-Lee Nobbs — Solic­i­tor, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & ProjectsRamesh Chamala — Solic­i­tor, LitigationRahuiku­ra Eruera — Solic­i­tor, Lit­i­ga­tion & CommercialStu­art Bock­ing — Solic­i­tor, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Project…

Aug 2, 2023

Women in Part­ner­ship | The Australian’s Legal Part­ner­ship Survey

The Australian’s Legal Part­ner­ship Sur­vey, released on Tues­day, reveals the num­ber of female lawyers is slow­ly creep­ing upwards, with women rep­re­sent­ing 33 per­cent of part­ners (up 2 per­cent on last year), 61 per­cent of grad­u­ates (up 0.1 per­cent), and 29 per­cent of equi­ty part­ners (up 2 per­cent). With 50% of women as…

Jun 30, 2023

Press Release | Swaab Announces Five Senior Promotions

Con­grat­u­la­tions: Daniel Miller - Senior AssociatePoo­ja Kapur - Asso­ciateJonathon Youssef — AssociateJulianne Con­ce­icao - Asso­ciateWilliam Clement — Associate“This is a great sto­ry of invest­ment and suc­cess indi­vid­u­al­ly and for the Firm. These pro­mo­tions come at an excit­ing time in our con­tin­ued growth jour­ney and as they enable us to con­tin­ue to deliv­er…

May 31, 2023

Resolv­ing Prop­er­ty Co-Own­er­ship Dis­putes: A Guide to Sec­tion 66G and Court-Appoint­ed Trustees

The pur­chase of res­i­den­tial or com­mer­cial prop­er­ty togeth­er may occur for a vari­ety of per­son­al or busi­ness rea­sons. How­ev­er, if cir­cum­stances change, one co-own­er may wish to sell or divest their inter­est while their fel­low co-own­ers don’t and are unwill­ing or unable to buy the for­mer out. If you want to…

May 1, 2023

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Swaab’s Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2023

Con­grat­u­la­tions to: Swaab’s Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Prop­er­ty & Real Estate Law Firms – NSW, 2023, click link…

Apr 20, 2023

Press Release | New Spe­cial Coun­sel Appoint­ment for Swaab

Wel­come Jen­nifer Hold who on 20 March 2023, joined Helen Kow­al and the Con­struc­tion & Stra­ta team as a Spe­cial Coun­sel at Swaab. Jen­nifer is a com­mer­cial­ly mind­ed lit­i­ga­tor spe­cial­is­ing in stra­ta, prop­er­ty, and con­struc­tion dis­putes and her appoint­ment comes at a time when the group is under­go­ing a high lev­el of growth. …

Apr 20, 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…

Mar 8, 2023

Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2023

Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day (March 8) is a glob­al day cel­e­brat­ing the social, eco­nom­ic, cul­tur­al, and polit­i­cal achieve­ments of women. The day also marks a call to action for accel­er­at­ing wom­en’s equal­i­ty. Cel­e­brat­ing the amaz­ing achieve­ments of our clients, friends and referrers. …

Dec 21, 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…