News

20 Apr 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. …

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…

8 Mar 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. …

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…

23 Aug 2022

Julie Briscoe attend­ed REGROWTH con­fer­ence for Real Estate Busi­ness Own­ers, Lead­ers and Prop­er­ty Man­age­ment Professionals

Julie Briscoe attend­ed Kylie Wal­sh’s REGROWTH con­fer­ence for Real Estate Busi­ness Own­ers, Lead­ers and Prop­er­ty Man­age­ment Pro­fes­sion­als held in the Hunter Val­ley last week­end. A num­ber of Swaab’s real estate own­er clients and oth­er indus­try lead­ers spoke at the event, cov­er­ing a range of top­ics includ­ing recruit­ment, pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment, strate­gies, resilience and culture…

21 July 2022

2023 Swaab Grad­u­ate Pro­gram | Announcement

Vis­it our web­site and social media pages for infor­ma­tion on how to apply, details about the pro­gram and to hear from our 2022 Graduates.  At Swaab you will work close­ly with our part­ners and lawyers, expos­ing you to a wide range of client mat­ters, teams and dif­fer­ent prac­tice areas. Our Grad­u­ate Pro­gram…

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…

18 July 2022

Madeleine Urmoneit pre­sent­ed Con­veyanc­ing Essen­tials for Sup­port Staff | Law Soci­ety of NSW

Prop­er­ty lawyer, Madeleine Urmoneit con­duct­ed inter­ac­tive online work­shops, on Con­veyanc­ing Essen­tials for Sup­port Staff for the Law Soci­ety of NSW, over two half day ses­sions. The ses­sions focused on the admin­is­tra­tive pro­ce­dures of the con­veyanc­ing process when act­ing for either the ven­dor or purchaser. Top­ics will include: Prepar­ing a contractEffect­ing exchangeUnder­tak­ing searchesSet­ting up and man­ag­ing…

27 June 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions | Swaab announces the pro­mo­tion of Kat­ri­na Seck to Spe­cial Coun­sel and Car­ly Lennan to Senior Associate

Kat­ri­na has been with the firm since Jan­u­ary 2021, spe­cial­is­ing in Employ­ment and Work Health & Safe­ty law along­side part­ner Michael Byrnes. While Car­ly has been with the firm since May 2017, spe­cial­is­ing in com­plex prop­er­ty and leas­ing work with­in the Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects team along­side part­ner Mary Digiglio.  Both pro­mo­tions…

17 June 2022

Press Release | New Senior Appoint­ment — Nicholas Hufton

“As we con­tin­ue to grow, this appoint­ment comes at an excit­ing time for Swaab’s Stra­ta and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects team. Nicholas’ appoint­ment serves to bol­ster our already impres­sive stra­ta, prop­er­ty and con­struc­tion capa­bil­i­ties. This strate­gic appoint­ment builds on our strong focus on cul­ture, well­be­ing and client ser­vice. I wish to for­mal­ly…