Portrait photograph of Sarah Heuvel
Sarah Heuvel
Partner
Portrait photograph of Mary Digiglio
Mary Digiglio
Managing Partner

We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of a new part­ner, Sarah Heuv­el with­in our Prop­er­ty and Com­mer­cial team, effec­tive 3 Feb­ru­ary 2025. This is a sig­nif­i­cant appoint­ment for the firm as client demand for prop­er­ty and ser­vices con­tin­ue to grow.

“As our firm con­tin­ues to grow in align­ment with our strate­gic plan, Sarah’s exten­sive exper­tise in prop­er­ty and com­mer­cial law, com­bined with over 17 years of indus­try expe­ri­ence with­in the prop­er­ty and real estate sec­tor, makes her an ide­al fit for Swaab and this new­ly cre­at­ed role. Her appoint­ment ensures we remain at the fore­front of meet­ing our clients’ needs, deliv­er­ing excep­tion­al val­ue for mon­ey and qual­i­ty of ser­vice, with our hall­mark of Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it and ded­i­ca­tion to the Swaab Brand of Ser­vice,” said Mary Digiglio, Man­ag­ing Part­ner at Swaab

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

Publications

The risk of builder insol­ven­cy mid way through a con­struc­tion project is real (and will prob­a­bly be expensive)

Intro­duc­tionThis arti­cle pro­vides guid­ance to those under­tak­ing con­struc­tion works and iden­ti­fies a num­ber of con­tract pro­vi­sions which, if includ­ed in the…

Cross-Com­pa­ny Secu­ri­ty and Liq­uida­tor Chal­lenges: Full Fed­er­al Court Restores Cer­tain­ty in CEG Direct Secu­ri­ties v Coop­er [2025] FCAFC 47

A sig­nif­i­cant deci­sion from the Full Fed­er­al Court has clar­i­fied the lim­its of liq­uida­tors’ pow­ers to unwind cross-com­pa­ny secu­ri­ty grant­ed…

Copy­right and Gen­er­a­tive AI: what Aus­tralia can learn from the Meta and Anthrop­ic Rulings

In 2025, two U.S. court deci­sions, Kadrey v. Meta and Bartz v. Anthrop­ic, have pro­vid­ed the first real judi­cial answers…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What hap­pens when an employ­ee runs out of sick leave?”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 21 Octo­ber 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What hap­pens when an employ­ee runs out of sick leave?”, pub­lished in HRM…

Press Release | New Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Isabel­la Machin

With a dual back­ground in account­ing and law, Isabel­la brings a depth of com­mer­cial insight and exper­tise to the firm across a wide…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“The reac­tion to Char­lie Kirk’s assas­si­na­tion and its impli­ca­tions for employ­ment law”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 Sep­tem­ber 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“The reac­tion to Char­lie Kirk’s assas­si­na­tion and its impli­ca­tions for employ­ment law”, pub­lished…

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