We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ments of Jess Hui as Senior Asso­ciate and Han­nah Mack­ay as Asso­ciate at Swaab, fur­ther strength­en­ing our exper­tise and depth of ser­vice across key sectors.

Jess Hui takes on the role of Senior Asso­ciate in our Cor­po­rate and Com­mer­cial team. Jess brings exten­sive expe­ri­ence advis­ing clients on cor­po­rate struc­tur­ing and restruc­tur­ing, com­mer­cial con­tract draft­ing, reviews, and nego­ti­a­tions, as well as busi­ness sales and acqui­si­tions. Her exper­tise also spans fran­chis­ing, IT and cyber­se­cu­ri­ty advi­so­ry, and intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty appli­ca­tions and infringe­ment mat­ters, along­side a wide range of trans­ac­tion­al work. Jess is pas­sion­ate about becom­ing a trust­ed advi­sor to her clients, work­ing close­ly with them to under­stand their busi­ness­es and sup­port their long-term success.

Also join­ing the firm, Han­nah Mack­ay joins us as an Asso­ciate, bring­ing a prac­ti­cal and com­mer­cial­ly focused approach to her work. Han­nah has expe­ri­ence across a broad range of cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial mat­ters and is recog­nised for deliv­er­ing clear, con­cise, and com­pre­hen­sive advice. She sup­ports clients across a vari­ety of sec­tors, includ­ing Hotels & Hos­pi­tal­i­ty, Pri­vate Clients & Fam­i­ly Busi­ness­es, Prop­er­ty & Con­struc­tion, and Real Estate. Hannah’s prag­mat­ic style and strong com­mer­cial aware­ness make her a valu­able addi­tion to both our team and our clients.

As our firm con­tin­ues to grow and cel­e­brate its 45th anniver­sary, these appoint­ments fur­ther strength­en our Prop­er­ty & Com­mer­cial and Cor­po­rate & Com­mer­cial teams, sup­port­ing our ongo­ing com­mit­ment to deliv­er­ing excep­tion­al val­ue, ser­vice, and gen­eros­i­ty of spir­it to our clients,” 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

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…

Nichol­son v Stra­ta Plan No 104042 –The Valid­i­ty of Debt Recov­ery Claus­es in By-laws

The recent NSW Civ­il and Admin­is­tra­tive Tri­bunal deci­sion in Nichol­son v The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan No 104042 [2025] NSW­CATCD 20…

Prop­er­ty and Stock Agents Amend­ment (Under­quot­ing and Oth­er Agent Con­duct) Act 2026

The Prop­er­ty and Stock Agents Amend­ment (Under­quot­ing and Oth­er Agent Con­duct) Act 2026 (NSW) (the Amend­ment Act) was assent­ed on 2…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Is the News Bar­gain­ing Incen­tive and Office of AI the media’s last hope?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 31 July 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Is the News Bar­gain­ing Incen­tive and Office of AI the media’s last hope?”…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 30 July 2026 to dis­cuss a recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case deal­ing with an appli­ca­tion for a flex­i­ble work­ing arrange­ment to work from home (from 23:30 to 32:20)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 30 July 2026 to…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 28 July 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the pro­ceed­ings brought by Jack­ie O’ Hen­der­son against ARN (from 9:30 to 30:25)

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 28 July 2026 to dis­cuss the lat­est devel­op­ments in the…

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