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Jul 28, 2017

James Skel­ton has been announced as a ​‘Young Gun of the Year’ final­ist in the Lawyers Week­ly Aus­tralian Law Awards

Con­grat­u­la­tions to James Skel­ton who has been announced as a final­ist in the ​‘Young Gun of the Year’ cat­e­go­ry of the Aus­tralian Law Awards 2017. Now in its 17th year, the annu­al Lawyers Week­ly Aus­tralian Law Awards cel­e­brates legal pro­fes­sion­als across 34 cat­e­gories from the most senior ranks to its ris­ing stars.We…

Jun 26, 2017

James Skel­ton wins 2017 30 Under 30 award for Commercial

Con­grat­u­la­tions to James Skel­ton who has been announced as a win­ner in the com­mer­cial cat­e­go­ry of the Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 awards for 2017. James is one of 30 young guns recog­nised as the best young tal­ent in the Aus­tralian legal pro­fes­sion. Each can­di­date was judged on their sub­mis­sion of work…

Jun 22, 2017

Swaab launch­es fixed fee IP Dis­cov­ery service

PRo­tect­ing your great­est asset: your busi­ness reputation IP Discovery The rep­u­ta­tion of your busi­ness may be the most valu­able asset it pos­sess­es. That rep­u­ta­tion is the face you present to the mar­ket in your com­mer­cial names, brands and pro­mo­tion­al mate­r­i­al. In intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty terms your busi­ness rep­u­ta­tion can be spec­i­fied as your…

May 9, 2017

James Skel­ton has been announced as a Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 finalist!

James Skel­ton has been announced as a Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 final­ist. The Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 Awards recog­nise young lawyers striv­ing for pro­fes­sion­al excel­lence with­in their spe­cif­ic prac­tice areas.  The Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 is an excit­ing awards pro­gram that iden­ti­fies the best young lawyers across Aus­tralia. Achiev­ing…

Dec 21, 2016

Swaab announces asso­ciate promotions

Swaab is delight­ed to announce the pro­mo­tion of Eliz­a­beth San­tifort, Daniel Ken­twell, James Skel­ton and Tim Hard­wick to the posi­tion of Associate. Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Mary Digiglio recog­nised the achieve­ment, ​“These young lawyers have a won­der­ful rep­u­ta­tion with­in the firm and with our clients. It is with great plea­sure and pride that we…

Sep 5, 2016

IPFront­line fea­tures James Skelton

Dai­ly intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty news site, IPFront­line has this week fea­tures James Skel­ton’s recent arti­cle on the impor­tance of qual­i­ty con­trol pro­vi­sions. Read the full arti­cle here.…

Jul 18, 2016

James Skel­ton, ​‘Young Gun of the Year’ finalist 

James Skel­ton, Solic­i­tor in the IP team has been announced as a Young Gun of the Year final­ist in the 16th Annu­al Lawyers Week­ly Law Awards. The Young Gun of the Year award recog­nis­es out­stand­ing per­for­mance by an indi­vid­ual who has recent­ly com­menced their legal prac­tice and is open to any…

May 11, 2015

James Skel­ton announced final­ist in Lawyers Week­ly 30 under 30 awards

Swaab IP & Tech­nol­o­gy lawyer, James Skel­ton, has been announced a final­ist in the 2015 Lawyers Week­ly 30 under 30 awards in the Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty category. Now in its third year, ​‘30 Under 30’ sta­tus has been a spring­board for career pro­gres­sion for many young lawyers, giv­ing indus­try-wide recog­ni­tion for pro­fes­sion­al com­pe­tence while high­light­ing…

Mar 21, 2014

Swaab wel­comes two new graduates

Swaab is delight­ed to announce the arrival of two new grad­u­ates. Eliz­a­beth San­tifort and James Skel­ton will be under­tak­ing Swaab’s grad­u­ate pro­gram, includ­ing three six month rota­tions. They fol­low in the foot­steps of two exist­ing grad­u­ates, Euge Pow­er and Tim Hard­wick who start­ed at Swaab in late 2013 and are…