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

SP6534 v Elkhouri; Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion SP6534 v Per­pet­u­al Cor­po­rate Trust Ltd [2024] NSW­CA 279 (in Eq. Div) (27 Novem­ber 2024)

Back­ground and PartiesMr. Elkhouri (Elkhouri) owned Lot 11, a pent­house apart­ment in an 11 lot res­i­den­tial stra­ta scheme at Point Piper, Syd­ney. The…

A Frus­trat­ed FWC: Look­ing beyond the Plumber’s Crack”

The recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) deci­sion in Antho­ny Davitkov v Wool­worths Group Lim­it­ed [2026] FWC 1655 has attract­ed much mirth…

Aus­tralian Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing AML/CTF Tranche 2 laws are coming

Australia’s Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing and Counter-Ter­ror­ism Financ­ing (AML/CTF) Act is designed to stop ille­gal funds from enter­ing the finan­cial sys­tem. It…

In the News

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 19 May 2026 to dis­cuss a recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case in which the pre­sid­ing mem­ber expressed frus­tra­tion with the influx of unmer­i­to­ri­ous claims to the FWC (17:30)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 19 May 2026 to…

2026 Insol­ven­cy & Financier Drinks | Thank you to our clients and friends

Marc Bad­dams, Michael Hayter, Ger­ald Carides, Nick Dale, and Swaab’s Insol­ven­cy team would like to extend their thanks to our…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Cus­tomer and con­trac­tor ordered to pay $116,000 for homo­pho­bic harass­ment of man­ag­er”, pub­lished in the Aus­tralian on 18 May 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cus­tomer and con­trac­tor ordered to pay $116,000 for homo­pho­bic harass­ment of man­ag­er”, pub­lished…

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