News

Nov 13, 2024

Press Release | Emma Nichelsen obtains Accred­it­ed Spe­cial­ist sta­tus with the Law Soci­ety of NSW in Fam­i­ly Law

Swaab Senior Asso­ciate Emma Nichelsen, has obtained Accred­it­ed Spe­cial­ist sta­tus with the Law Soci­ety of NSW in Fam­i­ly Law.Spe­cial­ist Accred­i­ta­tion is a struc­tured peer to peer assess­ment process enabling legal prac­ti­tion­ers to be recog­nised for their exper­tise. Each year the Law Soci­ety runs the accred­i­ta­tion pro­gram for a select num­ber of areas of law. The…

Nov 6, 2024

Press Release | Swaab Appoints New Gen­er­al Manager

“Join­ing Swaab is more than a new role; it’s an oppor­tu­ni­ty to embark on an excit­ing jour­ney with an authen­tic and approach­able law firm with a true com­mit­ment to cul­ture, well­be­ing and client service.I am thrilled to be join­ing Swaab and look for­ward to sup­port­ing our tal­ent­ed team to con­tin­ue to deliv­er excep­tion­al…

Nov 4, 2024

Swaab sup­ports Tour de Cure’s Spring Lunch

We were delight­ed to once again sup­port Tour de Cure’s Spring Lunch, at which around $900k was raised for can­cer research, with this year’s main recip­i­ent being the Leukaemia Foun­da­tion. The Cuban-themed event was full of colour, great music and the gen­eros­i­ty of over 600 atten­dees. Part­ners Julie Briscoe and…

Nov 4, 2024

“Secret­ly record­ing col­leagues: A coun­ter­pro­duc­tive strat­e­gy”, an arti­cle writ­ten by Michael Byrnes and pub­lished in HR Leader, 4 Novem­ber 2024

‘Secret­ly record­ing col­leagues: A coun­ter­pro­duc­tive strat­e­gy’, an arti­cle writ­ten by Michael Byrnes and pub­lished in HR Leader, 4 Novem­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

Oct 30, 2024

Should non-com­pete claus­es be banned in Aus­tralia? Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in an arti­cle pub­lished in LSJ Online, 23 Octo­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Should non-com­pete claus­es be banned in Aus­tralia?”, pub­lished in LSJ Online on 23 Octo­ber 2024.To read the full arti­cle click here…

Oct 30, 2024

Secret­ly record­ing your bad boss, 2GB and 4BC John Stan­ley Inter­view with Michael Byrnes

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 28 Octo­ber 2024 to dis­cuss secret­ly record­ing by employ­ees in the workplaceTo lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Oct 16, 2024

Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas presents to Swaab

We are thrilled to be host­ing the 2024 Mer­i­tas ANZ Region­al Meet­ing! Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas, deliv­ered an engag­ing pre­sen­ta­tion to the Swaab team, high­light­ing the ser­vices and pro­grams that empow­er mem­ber firms like ours to com­pete, grow, and excel in client ser­vice. Sona also shared an insight­ful update…

Oct 9, 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Tips to man­age sup­port peo­ple in a redun­dan­cy meet­ing”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 9 Octo­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Tips to man­age sup­port peo­ple in a redun­dan­cy meet­ing”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 9 Octo­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

Oct 8, 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Could the end of pro­ba­tion­ary peri­ods be near?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 8 Octo­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Could the end of pro­ba­tion­ary peri­ods be near?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 8 Octo­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

Sep 25, 2024

Lawyers Weekly’s | 4 chal­lenges for a law firm’s HR team

Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Swaab’s head of peo­ple and cul­ture Angela Sharpe about her work at the Syd­ney-based mid-sized firm, what moti­vates her about work­ing in the HR space, nav­i­gat­ing tal­ent short­ages and increased com­pe­ti­tion for top can­di­dates, the need to think more cre­ative­ly about iden­ti­fy­ing ide­al tal­ent, the…