We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of 2 new lawyers to our Swaab team.

We are delight­ed to announce the appoint­ment of 2 new lawyers to our Swaab team.

Andrew Drap­er has joined Swaab as a senior asso­ciate, expand­ing the fir­m’s capa­bil­i­ty in our cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial team. Andrew has act­ed for a range of large cor­po­ra­tions and has built a wealth of knowl­edge in the avi­a­tion indus­try hav­ing worked for some of the indus­try’s major play­ers. Andrew brings to the team over 7 years expe­ri­ence in both pri­vate prac­tice and in-house roles. We are delight­ed to have Andrew join­ing the firm and our cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial team. Andrew brings a new skill set to the team in regards to his expe­ri­ence and knowl­edge of the avi­a­tion indus­try, which we believe our clients will ben­e­fit from,” says Cor­po­rate part­ner Alis­tair Jaque.

Melanie Rubin has joined Swaab as a senior asso­ciate, in our indus­try lead­ing fam­i­ly law team. Melanie is an expe­ri­enced fam­i­ly lawyer and has expe­ri­ence in all areas of fam­i­ly law includ­ing finan­cial agree­ments, prop­er­ty set­tle­ments, par­ent­ing issues, child sup­port issues, divorce appli­ca­tions, spouse main­te­nance and all de fac­to mat­ters. Fam­i­ly law is an impor­tant area of work for our firm and we are excit­ed to be build­ing on our strengths in this ener­getic and vibrant team.” says Fam­i­ly law Part­ner, Mar­i­lyn Hauptmann.

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Publications

Valen­tine’s Day in the Work­place (2025 Edition)

Valen­tine’s Day, the cel­e­bra­tion of romance and roman­tic love, takes place annu­al­ly on Feb­ru­ary 14.While many assid­u­ous­ly avoid what they con­sid­er…

The Employ­ment Real­i­ty of TV Fame (2025 Edition)

Real­i­ty tele­vi­sion shows thrive on intrigue and dra­ma. A key com­po­nent of suc­cess­ful real­i­ty TV shows is the con­tes­tant view­ers love…

Aus­tralia Day Sub­sti­tu­tion: The Legal Issues (2025 Edition)

It has been report­ed that some of the largest employ­ers in Aus­tralia, includ­ing Tel­stra, Com­mon­wealth Bank and Aus­tralian­Su­per, are giv­ing…

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Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2025 to dis­cuss legal issues relat­ed to Valen­tine’s Day in the workplace

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Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 11 Feb­ru­ary 2025 to dis­cuss legal issues relat­ed to Valen­tine’s Day in the workplace

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Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“How to nav­i­gate mis­con­duct inves­ti­ga­tions involv­ing men­tal health chal­lenges”, pub­lished in HRM Online…

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