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Fran­chis­ing

A key aspect of our work with you as a fran­chisor is pro­tect­ing your intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty. This includes safe­guard­ing con­fi­den­tial infor­ma­tion, secur­ing domain names and deter­min­ing what trade marks are to be used. The class­es in which trade marks are to be reg­is­tered also need to take into account the pos­si­bil­i­ties…

Insol­ven­cy

We can pro­vide advice to direc­tors on their duties and respon­si­bil­i­ties when com­pa­nies are fac­ing an uncer­tain future. We pro­vide prac­ti­cal guid­ance on the steps indi­vid­u­als need to take to avoid per­son­al liability.This breadth of expe­ri­ence and skill set enables us to pro­vide you with a unique and insight­ful per­spec­tive on all…

IP & Technology

Our team under­stands the chal­lenges you face. We can help struc­ture strate­gies and respons­es that add val­ue to your busi­ness, meet your com­mer­cial goals and, above all, allow you to con­tin­ue to focus on your busi­ness. We are expe­ri­enced in trade marks, copy­right patents, con­tent licens­ing, con­tent clas­si­fi­ca­tion, moral rights…

Lit­i­ga­tion

We’re renowned for our exper­tise in com­plex and dif­fi­cult court bat­tles, we are also strong nego­tia­tors when com­pro­mise is need­ed and are always con­scious of the com­mer­cial and eth­i­cal imper­a­tives for you. Our expe­ri­ence includes: cor­po­ra­tions law pro­ceed­ings, com­mer­cial dis­putes, prop­er­ty relat­ed dis­putes, con­struc­tion and engi­neer­ing lit­i­ga­tion and advice, major…

Prop­er­ty

Expe­ri­enceWe have expe­ri­ence in pro­vid­ing trans­ac­tion and advi­so­ry ser­vices to prop­er­ty own­ers, investors, land­lords, devel­op­ers, and ten­ants through­out Aus­tralia. We are sought out by lead­ing land devel­op­ers as well as gov­ern­ment agen­cies for our exper­tise. We work with our clients to devel­op, nego­ti­ate, and doc­u­ment deals.We believe ear­ly involve­ment and under­stand­ing…

Exper­tise

As a client, you will be at the cen­tre of the deci­sion-mak­ing process in a close client-lawyer part­ner­ship found­ed on trust and a sound under­stand­ing of your busi­ness goals and chal­lenges. You will also be choos­ing a full-ser­vice offer­ing with a rich his­to­ry of diverse, entre­pre­neur­ial skill sets. With a shared vision we can achieve amaz­ing…

Awards

Each indi­vid­ual award reflects our absolute focus on build­ing excep­tion­al capa­bil­i­ty to pro­vide you with the ser­vice and solu­tion you need.We are always invest­ing in the next gen­er­a­tion of lawyers — recog­nis­ing and advanc­ing those who deliv­er real value.Our ded­i­cat­ed pro­fes­sion­als have been select­ed because of their cul­tur­al align­ment with our work­place…

Swaab Con­nect | June 2018

This month, we share updates to the GST with­hold­ing régime that com­mence in July 2018, and dis­cuss pri­va­cy fol­low­ing the recent Gen­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion Reg­u­la­tion cre­at­ed by the Euro­pean Coun­cil and Par­lia­ment. In this edi­tion, Michael Byrnes shares 3 tips for employ­ers on com­mu­ni­cat­ing ter­mi­na­tion and Sher­lene Heng explains how tax…

Break­ing up is hard to do — Com­mu­ni­cat­ing ter­mi­na­tion of employment

HARD CON­VER­SA­TIONS Two of the hard­est con­ver­sa­tions to have with any­one are end­ing a rela­tion­ship and ter­mi­nat­ing employment. On the for­mer, the eti­quette guide Debret­t’s gives this guid­ance on the appro­pri­ate method of communication: “Always meet up with your (soon-to-be-ex) part­ner; email and text are a sav­age and bru­tal mode of rela­tion­ship tor­ture”…

Our team

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Pub­li­ca­tions

Keep­ing you up-to-date with the lat­est legal devel­op­ments, leg­is­la­tion changes and case precedents.…

Pri­va­cy — It is every­one’s business

Even if you have no inter­est in pri­va­cy law, you would need to be liv­ing on a plan­et in a galaxy far, far away not to be aware of the GDPR. GDPR The GDPR (Gen­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion Reg­u­la­tion), came into oper­a­tion on 25 May 2018. Dur­ing the weeks lead­ing up to that date…

The GST with­hold­ing régime starts July 2018 — A look at the trans­ac­tions to which it will apply

The new GST ​‘with­hold­ing’ régime for sales of new res­i­den­tial prop­er­ties and vacant res­i­den­tial lots will apply from 1 July 2018 onwards. WHY The changes are an anti-avoid­ance mea­sure to pre­vent devel­op­er com­pa­nies from sell­ing prop­er­ties for a pur­chase price that includes GST and then dis­solv­ing their busi­ness before they are liable to…

School Hol­i­day Time

“I have had a hol­i­day, and I’d like to take it up professionally” - Kylie Minogue In 2006, amend­ments were made to the Fam­i­ly Law Act 1975 that required (amongst oth­er things) the Courts to con­sid­er if par­ents should have equal shared parental respon­si­bil­i­ty for their chil­dren, and if so, whether…

What’s in a name?

“I don’t believe a rose would be as nice if it was called a this­tle or a skunk cabbage.” - LM Mont­gomery Chang­ing an adult’s name In Decem­ber 2015, Japan’s Supreme Court upheld a law dat­ing back to the 19th Cen­tu­ry that requires mar­ried cou­ples to have the same sur­name. This law is still in…