News

Dec 13, 2024

Hol­i­day Office Clo­sure — 2024

The Swaab office will be unat­tend­ed over the hol­i­day and new year peri­od from mid­day Tues­day 24 Decem­ber 2024 re-open­ing at 8.00 am Mon­day 6 Jan­u­ary 2025If you have an emer­gency and need to speak with one of our lawyers, please call +61 2 9233 5544.We wish you a hap­py hol­i­days and a pros­per­ous new year…

Nov 6, 2024

Press Release | Swaab Appoints New Gen­er­al Manager

“Join­ing Swaab is more than a new role; it’s an oppor­tu­ni­ty to embark on an excit­ing jour­ney with an authen­tic and approach­able law firm with a true com­mit­ment to cul­ture, well­be­ing and client service.I am thrilled to be join­ing Swaab and look for­ward to sup­port­ing our tal­ent­ed team to con­tin­ue to deliv­er excep­tion­al…

Oct 16, 2024

Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas presents to Swaab

We are thrilled to be host­ing the 2024 Mer­i­tas ANZ Region­al Meet­ing! Sona Pan­choly, Pres­i­dent of Mer­i­tas, deliv­ered an engag­ing pre­sen­ta­tion to the Swaab team, high­light­ing the ser­vices and pro­grams that empow­er mem­ber firms like ours to com­pete, grow, and excel in client ser­vice. Sona also shared an insight­ful update…

Sep 4, 2024

Press Release | New Appoint­ment for Swaab

Wel­come, Kathryn Schultz - Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty & Commercial. “Our firm con­tin­ues to grow in line with our strate­gic plan and with Kathryn’s exten­sive expe­ri­ence and broad range of exper­tise in com­mer­cial trans­ac­tions, busi­ness and share sales, inter­nal reor­gan­i­sa­tions and inte­gra­tions, and diverse reg­u­la­to­ry advice it makes her an ide­al fit for Swaab and…

Jul 16, 2024

Press Release | New Appoint­ment for Swaab

Wel­come, Lynne Hawes - Senior Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Stra­ta & Construction.“This appoint­ment comes at an impor­tant time in our fir­m’s ongo­ing growth with­in the Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects sec­tors. Lyn­n’s exten­sive exper­tise, expe­ri­ence, and capa­bil­i­ties will enhance both our Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion and Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects teams, enabling…

Jul 11, 2024

Press Release | Swaab Earns Recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the Pre­mier Glob­al Net­work of Inde­pen­dent Law Firms

Syd­ney, NSW (11 July 2024) – Swaab, a Syd­ney-based law firm, today announced that it has been award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the pre­mier glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms. Swaab joined Mer­i­tas in 2009 and, as a con­di­tion of its mem­ber­ship, is required to suc­cess­ful­ly com­plete recer­ti­fi­ca­tion every three years based…

Jun 28, 2024

Press Release | Three New Appoint­ments for Swaab

Wel­comeDaniela Ter­ru­so — Senior Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Stra­ta & ConstructionSarah Abra­hams — Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & ProjectsMaris­sa Arag­o­na — Solic­i­tor, Fam­i­ly Law“These appoint­ments occur at a piv­otal time in our fir­m’s ongo­ing growth. Their com­bined exper­tise, expe­ri­ence, and capa­bil­i­ties will enhance our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Fam­i­ly Law teams. This enables us…

Jun 28, 2024

Reflec­tions on a Suc­cess­ful Mer­i­tas Annu­al Meet­ing – Char­lotte, North Carolina

The meet­ing offered unpar­al­leled oppor­tu­ni­ties for rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the glob­al Mer­i­tas net­work of 172 firms across more than 89 coun­tries to recon­nect with friends and col­leagues and to devel­op new relationships.The meet­ing start­ed with the sec­ond annu­al in-per­son meet­ing of the Women’s Lead­er­ship Con­gress (WLC), host­ed by the Wom­en’s Lead­er­ship…

Mar 28, 2024

Newest giant hous­ing devel­op­ment is just 7km from new airport

The vision of Cameron Brae’s founder, David Hazlett, was realised this week at the Bir­ling sod-turn­ing cer­e­mo­ny, a mas­ter-planned com­mu­ni­ty in Bringel­ly, NSW.  Bir­ling, the newest hous­ing devel­op­ment in Macarthur is just sev­en kilo­me­tres from the inter­na­tion­al air­port being built at Bad­gerys Creek. Cameron Brae Group has demon­strat­ed much loy­al­ty to our firm…

Feb 8, 2024

Hap­py Lunar New Year, wish­ing you hap­pi­ness and prosperity

To all our clients, part­ners, and friends of Swaab, we would like to wish you and your fam­i­ly all the suc­cess and good for­tune, in this year of the Drag­on and hope you have a bright and joy­ous Lunar New Year. Let the new year bring new expe­ri­ences, new smiles, and…