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Apr 9, 2019

Mer­i­tas Annu­al Meet­ing 2019 in San Diego — Well­ness in law

Mary Digiglio par­tic­i­pat­ed in an open pan­el dis­cus­sion among Mer­i­tas law firms at the recent Mer­i­tas Annu­al Meet­ing 2019 held in San Diego. The dis­cus­sion was on the grow­ing impor­tance law firms need to place on well­ness and well-being with­in the legal pro­fes­sion. Pan­elists show­cased the pro­grams and com­mit­ments they…

Apr 1, 2019

New Part­ner Joins Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects Team

Swaab is delight­ed to wel­come new part­ner Helen Kow­al to the firm’s PPP Prac­tice.Helen brings with her a career span­ning over 25 years in gen­er­al prac­tice, for the past decade Helen has spe­cialised in build­ing and con­struc­tion, stra­ta and prop­er­ty law, includ­ing lit­i­ga­tion and dis­put­ed res­o­lu­tion. Helen has worked for many own­ers…

Feb 8, 2019

Well­ness is core to our philosophy

Our phi­los­o­phy is that we employ the ​“whole per­son” not just the lawyer, the sup­port per­son or the man­ag­er. Our staff are peo­ple first and fore­most. The days of expect­ing peo­ple to leave their per­son­al lives at the door are gone. It is inap­pro­pri­ate to expect peo­ple to take phone…

Feb 8, 2019

2019 a year of oppor­tu­ni­ties and growth

Whilst increased com­pe­ti­tion, dis­rup­tion and con­sol­i­da­tion con­tin­ue to play out through­out the legal sec­tor, our posi­tion in the mar­ket place of serv­ing entre­pre­neurs, busi­ness­es, inno­va­tors, fam­i­lies offices, fam­i­lies and gov­ern­ment remains in grow­ing demand. High­lights includ­ed help­ing a glob­al client with their nation­al busi­ness mod­el roll-out, work­ing with a num­ber of prop­er­ty…

Jun 28, 2018

Swaab Attor­neys announces a record nine promotions

Swaab Attor­neys are delight­ed to announce the fol­low­ing inter­nal pro­mo­tions across the fir­m’s employ­ment, lit­i­ga­tion, IP & tech­nol­o­gy, com­mer­cial, cor­po­rate and prop­er­ty, plan­ning and projects teams, effec­tive 1 July 2018. Spe­cial Counsel · Wendy Con­ce­icao, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects · Stacey Collins, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects Senior Asso­ciate · Tim­o­thy Hard­wick, Litigation · Alyce John­son, Prop­er­ty…

May 21, 2018

Alyce John­son named ​‘Ris­ing Star’ by Doyles Guide

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Alyce John­son who has been list­ed by Doyle’s Guide as a Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Ris­ing Star — Aus­tralia & New Zealand.The rank­ings are com­piled from the respons­es con­tained in our Aus­tralia & New Zealand ‑wide sur­vey of Part­ner-lev­el Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Lawyers and clients. See the rank­ings here…

Apr 24, 2018

Emma Flem­ing and Cecil­ia Rose ranked in Doyles Guide 2018

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Emma Flem­ing and Cecil­ia Rose who have been iden­ti­fied by clients and peers for their exper­tise and abil­i­ties in Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment law. Both Emma and Cecil­ia have been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed in the Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment Lawyers cat­e­go­ry and Emma has also been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed in the Envi­ron­ment…

Apr 9, 2018

Mary Digiglio and Tony D’Agosti­no ranked in Doyles Guide 2018

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Mary Digiglio and Tony D’Agosti­no who have been iden­ti­fied by clients and peers for their exper­tise and abil­i­ties in Prop­er­ty and Real Estate Law. Both Mary and Tony have been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed in the Prop­er­ty & Real Estate Lawyers cat­e­go­ry and Mary has also been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed…

Sep 6, 2017

Mary Digiglio announced as final­ist in the Women in Law Awards

Mary Digiglio has been announced as an ​‘Exec­u­tive of the Year’ final­ist for the Women in Law Awards. The Lawyers Week­ly Women in Law Awards recog­nis­es the achieve­ments of women who have chal­lenged, influ­enced or changed the prac­tise of law in Australia. As Man­ag­ing Part­ner of Swaab Attor­neys, Mary leads the firm…

Apr 21, 2017

Mary Digiglio and Tony D’Agosti­no ranked in Doyles Guide 2017

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Mary Digiglio and Tony D’Agosti­no who have been iden­ti­fied by clients and peers for their exper­tise and abil­i­ties in Prop­er­ty and Real Estate Law. Both Mary and Tony have been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed in the Prop­er­ty & Real Estate Lawyers cat­e­go­ry and Mary has also been list­ed as Rec­om­mend­ed…