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

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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