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.

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Publications

Tem­po­rary Dis­con­for­mi­ty in Build­ing Defects: Myth, Not Law

The ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” argu­ment in con­struc­tion dis­putes sug­gests that defec­tive work iden­ti­fied before prac­ti­cal com­ple­tion is not a breach while the…

The impor­tance of a Request for Tender

Issu­ing a request for ten­der (RFT) is more than just secur­ing the best or low­est price. An RFT is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to man­age…

More Changes for Stra­ta — effec­tive 1 April 2026

The Fair Trad­ing and Build­ing Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment Bill 2026 was passed by par­lia­ment dur­ing Feb­ru­ary 2026 with the changes effec­tive on…

In the News

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, Five legal ques­tions about Jack­ie Henderson’s law­suit against ARN answered”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on 2 April 2026

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Five legal ques­tions about Jack­ie Henderson’s law­suit against ARN answered”, pub­lished in Mum­brel­la on…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 31 March 2026 to dis­cuss the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Jack­ie O’ Hen­der­son against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 31 March 202…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 31 March 2026 to dis­cuss the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Jack­ie O’ Hen­der­son against ARN (from 6:05 to 37:30)

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night on 31 March 2026 to dis­cuss the legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by…

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