Susan Walsh has joined Swaab as a senior asso­ciate, expand­ing the capa­bil­i­ty of our com­mer­cial, and IP and tech­nol­o­gy teams.

Susan Walsh has joined Swaab as a senior asso­ciate, expand­ing the capa­bil­i­ty of our com­mer­cial, and IP and tech­nol­o­gy teams.

Susan spe­cialis­es in com­mer­cial and tech­nol­o­gy law, par­tic­u­lar­ly in draft­ing and nego­ti­a­tion of sup­ply and dis­tri­b­u­tion con­tracts, tech­nol­o­gy con­tracts, intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty licens­ing, pri­va­cy and inter­net law, and advis­ing on mar­ket­ing con­tent and brand­ing. Susan draws her expe­ri­ence from ten years work­ing in pri­vate prac­tice act­ing for a broad range of pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tor clients, devel­op­ers and multi­na­tion­al cor­po­ra­tions, and as gen­er­al coun­sel for an Irish tech­nol­o­gy and com­mu­ni­ca­tions company.

In addi­tion to being admit­ted in New South Wales, Susan is admit­ted to prac­tice in Eng­land and Wales and Ireland.

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…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “ ​‘You can’t force new con­tracts on employ­ees’ ”, pub­lished in TV Black­box on 4 Octo­ber 2026

Can an employ­er force employ­ees to sign a new employ­ment con­tract if they don’t agree to the changes?Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Jack­ie Hen­der­son and ARN’s court show­down post­poned”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on 2 Octo­ber 2026

Why was Jack­ie Henderson’s Fed­er­al Court tri­al against ARN Media post­poned, and what issues delayed the Octo­ber 2026 hearing?Michael Byrnes is…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 1 Octo­ber 2026 to dis­cuss work­place changes at the Nine Net­work and the issue of employ­ers want­i­ng to intro­duce new employ­ment con­tracts (from 23:50 to 55:20)

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 1 Octo­ber 2026 to dis­cuss work­place changes at the Nine Net­work…

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