We are pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Peter Bour­nas as Spe­cial Coun­sel in our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects team.

Peter brings more than 20 years of senior legal and prop­er­ty exper­tise, span­ning pri­vate prac­tice, in-house roles with­in the air­port sec­tor, com­mer­cial advi­so­ry, and con­sul­tan­cy. His strate­gic legal insight, paired with a com­mer­cial­ly dri­ven approach, will sup­port clients in nav­i­gat­ing com­plex mat­ters across prop­er­ty, devel­op­ment, leas­ing, and rev­enue-gen­er­at­ing trans­ac­tions with­in air­port and broad­er com­mer­cial environments.

“Our firm con­tin­ues to grow in line with our strate­gic vision. Peter’s appoint­ment enhances our capac­i­ty to respond to evolv­ing client needs, while con­tin­u­ing to deliv­er out­stand­ing val­ue and ser­vice, with the cor­ner­stones of our Swaab Brand of Ser­vice and our Gen­eros­i­ty of Spir­it,” 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

Land­lords Beware: New Tobac­co Laws Could Mean Heavy Fines and Even Gaol Time

How Do New Tobac­co Laws Affect Land­lords in NSW?This year the NSW State Gov­ern­ment is crack­ing down on the sale of…

When is entry into a lot with­out the lot own­er’s con­sent per­mit­ted to car­ry out repair work to com­mon prop­er­ty? When there is an emergency

When is entry into a lot with­out the lot own­er’s con­sent per­mit­ted to car­ry out repair work to com­mon prop­er­ty? When…

A Short Sto­ry about Bullying

In the recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion deci­sion of Appli­ca­tion by Gary Whitham [2026] FWC 3322, Deputy Pres­i­dent Col­man gave short…

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Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What HR can learn from Stefanovic’s time in court”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 29 Sep­tem­ber 2026

What lessons can HR pro­fes­sion­als learn from Karl Stefanovic’s court case?Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What HR can learn…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘The tech­nol­o­gy is insid­i­ous’: The dan­ger of smart glass­es enter­ing the work­place”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 24 Sep­tem­ber 2026

Smart Glass­es in the Work­place: Pri­va­cy, Sur­veil­lance and Employ­ment RisksMichael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘The tech­nol­o­gy is insid­i­ous’: The…

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