We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of Peter Kim as a Senior Asso­ciate in our Insol­ven­cy & Lit­i­ga­tion team

With a dual back­ground in account­ing and law, Peter brings a depth of com­mer­cial insight and exper­tise to the firm across a wide spec­trum of prac­tice areas. Peter’s expe­ri­ence spans com­mer­cial lit­i­ga­tion, restruc­tur­ing and insol­ven­cy and reg­u­la­to­ry inves­ti­ga­tions, com­bined with foren­sic account­ing with exten­sive knowl­edge of AML/CTF require­ments, inter­nal audit and risk man­age­ment exper­tise. Peter’s unique com­mer­cial acu­men and client-cen­tric approach make her a strong asset to the team and an ide­al fit for this new­ly cre­at­ed role.

Our firm con­tin­ues to grow in align­ment with our strate­gic vision. Peter’s appoint­ment enhances our abil­i­ty to respond to evolv­ing client needs while con­tin­u­ing to deliv­er the excep­tion­al val­ue and ser­vice that define the Swaab Brand of Ser­vice and our Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it,” said Mary Digiglio, Man­ag­ing Part­ner at Swaab.

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Publications

More AI Slop in the Fair Work Juris­dic­tion: The Fight Back

In two recent cas­es both the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) and Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia (FCF­CoA) have…

NSW Build­ing (Approvals and Prac­ti­tion­ers) Bill 2026 Pass­es Parliament

The Build­ing (Approvals and Prac­ti­tion­ers) Bill 2026 (the Bill) passed through Par­lia­ment on Tues­day after­noon 4 August 2026. The Bill is…

AI Slop v Fair Work Com­mis­sion: The Scourge Continues

For all the talk of how extra­or­di­nary and trans­for­ma­tive arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) can sup­pos­ed­ly be, it con­tin­ues to be a scourge…

In the News

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Lawyers Week­ly Show pod­cast with Jerome Doraisamy released on 27 August 2026 to dis­cuss work­place law, social media use, and gen­er­a­tional attitudes

“Work­place law, social media use, and gen­er­a­tional atti­tudes” explores how social media, work­place rights, and chang­ing gen­er­a­tional expec­ta­tions are reshap­ing…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘A bad career deci­sion’: Inside the fall­out from Tik­Tok grad­u­ate fir­ing” pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 August 2026

Pro­fes­sion­al con­se­quences faced by an Aus­tralian grad­u­ate lawyer whose Tik­Tok activ­i­ty led to dis­missal, spark­ing indus­try-wide debate about social media use.Michael…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Busi­ness­es demand new pow­ers after worker’s hope­less’ AI claim costs employ­er”, pub­lished in the Aus­tralian on 23 August 2026

Busi­ness­es want new pow­ers because AI-assist­ed employ­ee claims are increas­ing the num­ber of weak or inac­cu­rate work­place com­plaints, forc­ing employ­ers…

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