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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…
A special thank you to all our clients
Client feedback and continuous improvement are important to us at Swaab and form a key component of our Swaab Brand of Service. The key findings included: we exceeded your expectations when it comes to our performance you find us extremely easy to work with, and you are likely to recommend your key contact and…
Special Announcement | we’re moving to level 4
Welcome to the ‘Sky Level’Since early 2020, we have been undertaking our office refurbishment project with the aim to provide an enhanced client service experience and to facilitate the growth of our firm. It was important to us that our new offices reflect our values, promote our commitment to the Swaab Brand…
UPDATE #2 COVID-19 | Swaab Business Continuity | 25 March 2020
As the crisis continues to unfold in Australia, we have made the decision that from Thursday 26 March 2020 our entire workforce (including partners) will work remotely. We are very fortunate, that as far as we are aware none of our people have contracted Covid-19. We are committed to providing an excellent…
UPDATE COVID-19 | Swaab Business Continuity | 17 March 2020
Over the past few weeks, with the escalation of the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Swaab have taken precautions to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of our people, clients and visitors. As the crisis continues to increase in Australia, we have made the decision that from Monday 23 March 2020 we…
World’s Greatest Shave 2020
On Friday night we assembled our hero hairdressers at the Swaab Salon to banish the 9 – 5 hairdo to colour, style and shave hair for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave Event 2020! A massive thank you to all the superheros who took the plunge and got involved on the…
International Women’s Day 2020 #EachforEqual — Mary Digiglio
How has Swaab been so successful in achieving gender diversity in a profession that has struggled for so long? The success of Swaab has been built on our culture. Our firm has a history of gender diversity, having being led by females. The female leaders have influenced our firm’s long history of promoting…
Lawyers Weekly | Which firms believe in climate change and take meaningful action?
The four questions asked were: What is your firm’s response to the findings from the Ethics Index that 90 per cent of Australians see an urgent ethical obligation for businesses such as law firms to act on climate change?Does your firm accept the settled science of climate change on the natural environment, as…
2019 Australian Legal Sector Alliances (AusLSA) Member’s Sustainability Update
The 2019 AusLSA Sustainability Update provides an in-depth overview of the collaborative and individual efforts of 32 Australian legal practices. This contributes to a more sustainable legal sector through their people, community, environmental and governance initiatives. Managing and reporting a full range of sustainability issues is a growing feature of successful Australian and…
Minds Count Lecture 2019
This year, the lecture was delivered by David Westgate. David is a bipolar businessman, writer and mental health advocate and has had a long career as a high-flying businessman working in the field of advertising. David decided to blend his passion and career to become a keynote speaker for the Black Dog Institute after…