Swaab

Swaab table at the Tour de Cure snow ball, which raised $1.8M for cancer research. Thanks for a great night Julie Briscoe, Nicholas Dale, Ian Purchas, Jane Flemming OAM OLY GAICD, and Lynne Jackson, Anna Egri, Sue Choong, Lauren Kirk, and George Kolovos

We are delight­ed to wel­come Marissa Aragona as a Solicitor in our Family Law team
https://www.swaab.com.au/news/press-release-three-new-appoint-ments-for-swaab

We are delight­ed to wel­come Daniela Terruso as a Senior Associate in our Property, Planning & Projects team.
https://www.swaab.com.au/news/press-release-three-new-appoint-ments-for-swaab

We are delight­ed to wel­come Sarah Abrahams as an Associate in our Property, Planning & Projects team.
https://www.swaab.com.au/news/press-release-three-new-appoint-ments-for-swaab

Reflec­tions on a suc­cess­ful Mer­i­tas Annu­al Meet­ing, Mary Digiglio and James Skel­ton represented Swaab at the recent­ 2024 Mer­i­tas Law Firms World­wide Annu­al Meet­ing in Char­lotte, North Car­oli­na, USA. Attend­ing sev­er­al practice/​industry sec­tor group meet­ings and net­work­ing events pro­vid­ed an oppor­tu­ni­ty to share insights on law firm man­age­ment, AI, inno­va­tion, tech­nol­o­gy, cur­rent chal­lenges, and oppor­tu­ni­ties with­in the legal industry.
https://ow.ly/2q0t50S9c07

Angela Harvey appeared on 'Talk Money To Me' with Shaw and Partners, Candice Bourke and Felicity Thomas to discuss estate planning, asset protection, and wealth transfer.
https://ow.ly/S6N650RZlww

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Where does work fin­ish and play begin?”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian.

https://ow.ly/hLSs50RWej1

Michael Byrnes discusses the changing attitudes towards tattoos and their increasing acceptance within professional environments, in the article, "Are tattoos becoming more accepted in the legal profession?", published in Lawyers Weekly on 22 May 2024.
https://ow.ly/niRj50RQjVW

Swaab team members Helen Kowal, James Skelton, Angela Sharpe, Michael Treeby, Jennifer Hold, Jack Corcoran, Sophie Papadimitriou, Rosemary Tedesco, Dale Hazelman, Gerald Carides, Ramesh Chamala, Alexander Leong, Rahuikura Eruera, Emma Van Klaveren, Nicholas Hufton and Timothy Petkovic all took part in this year's 2024 Coastrek challenge, proudly supporting the Heart Foundation along with over 10,000 others, to raise vital funds to improve heart health and reduce heart disease through prevention, support and research.

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Legal employ­ers need to keep an eye on non-com­pete devel­op­ments”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 8 May 2024
https://ow.ly/KisG50Rz8or

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Tony D’Agosti­no for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2024 as a Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Leas­ing Lawyers – New South Wales, 2024
https://ow.ly/4G5j50Rt9lM

Con­grat­u­la­tions Michael Byrnes for being nom­i­nat­ed as a final­ist in the Lawyers Week­ly Part­ner of the Year Awards 2024 - Employment Law
https://ow.ly/orjO50Rt9ih

James Skelton will be representing Swaab at the 2024 International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA next month.
https://www.inta.org/

Michael Byrnes appeared on ABC Queens­land Morn­ings with Susan Gra­ham-Ryan on 30 April 2024 to dis­cuss tat­toos in the work­place and dis­crim­i­na­tion law

https://ow.ly/Fnpi50Rrvjb

Michael Byrnes examines recent developments regarding Non-Com­pete claus­es.
https://ow.ly/66uq50RqhYB

Chang­ing leg­isla­tive land­scape and the reme­di­al industry ARCA event. Swaab Partner and ACRA com­mit­tee mem­ber Helen Kowal, will provide insights into the key legislation impacting the strata-remedial building industry.
https://ow.ly/A1Fs50R4Hsy?

Last Wednesday night, Michael Hayter, Marc Baddams, Gerald Carides, and Nicholas Dale had the pleasure of hosting Swaab's annual Insolvency and Financier Drinks and Oyster Event. Thank you to all who attended, it was an amazing evening.

Mary Digiglio and the team at Swaab, cel­e­brate the achieve­ments of one of our long-stand­ing clients, Cameron Brae Group, with the Bir­ling sod-turn­ing cer­e­mo­ny, a mas­ter-planned com­mu­ni­ty in Bringel­ly, NSW.
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https://ow.ly/8hN250R3MUO

Newest giant housing development is just 7km from new airport Birling will provide 2100 lots over 10 years

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘Sig­nif­i­cant’ Fair Work reforms will result in busy peri­od for employ­ment law”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 11 March 2024
https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/39222-significant-fair-work-reforms-will-result-in-busy-period-for-employment-law

“At Swaab, we recognise the efforts and contributions to our culture and values of all the women and men in our Firm, lawyers and staff alike, this in itself invokes inclusive behaviours.” Mary Digiglio – Managing Partner

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Covid rul­ing a ​‘false dawn’ for anti-vaxxers”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 2 March 2024

Covid ruling a ‘false dawn’ for anti-vaxxers A Queensland court ruling upholding workers’ right to say no to Covid-19 vaccinations is likely to be a “false dawn” for other Australians trying to retrospectively challenge employers on the issue.

We are look­ing for a tal­ent­ed and moti­vat­ed Employment Law Associate/​Senior Asso­ciate to work close­ly with a Part­ner in a broad range of Employ­ment relat­ed mat­ters
https://ow.ly/SMoY50QI6o7

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘Career-end­ing’: Gen Z lawyers warned against right to dis­con­nect laws”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 19 Feb­ru­ary 2024
https://ow.ly/jl4B50QEIUY

Gen Z lawyers warned over ‘silly’ disconnect rules Young lawyers are being cautioned against weaponising Labor’s new right to disconnect laws against their employers, with one legal heavyweight warning flaunting the laws could possibly be “career-ending” for budding talent.

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“4 leg­is­la­tion changes HR needs to be across in 2024”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2024
https://ow.ly/UtYC50QAVYm

4 legislation changes HR needs to be across in 2024 - HRM online Employment law experts share the key legislation changes HR needs to be aware of in 2024.

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 12 Feb­ru­ary 2024 to dis­cuss the right to dis­con­nect (from 1:28:12 to 1:38:45)

Nights with John Stanley - 13th February - Nights with John Stanley Listen to Nights with John Stanley, the full show podcast. Host: John Stanley Executive Producer: Charlie Meller Producer: Hannah McGrory Technical Producer: Declan Helmore Publisher: Nine Radio

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle ​“Right to Dis­con­nect Bill could cre­ate ​‘sig­nif­i­cant man­age­ment issue for law firms’” pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2024

Right to Disconnect Bill could create ‘significant management issue for law firms’ A Right to Disconnect Bill recently passed the Senate – introducing a right for workers to disconnect once they are finished with their working hours. Here, workplace lawyers discuss the bill and what it means practically and legally.

Michael Byrnes and Pooja Kapur explain the practical implementations of the Right to Disconnect workplace reforms.
https://ow.ly/OYam50QA2Qq

Chateau Tanunda brought its cellar door to Swaab for a wonderful wine-tasting event with a long term, highly valued client.

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.
https://www.swaab.com.au/news/happy-lunar-new-year-wishing-you-happiness-and-prosperity

Michael Byrnes discusses the potential workplace risks associated with Valen­tine’s Day, the annual cel­e­bra­tion of love and romance.
https://www.swaab.com.au/publication/valentines-day-in-the-workplace-2024-edition