Proximity is a leading professional services organisation, providing high quality services to public and private sector clients, with a focus on government and regulated industries. We are a truly innovative organisation, leading the market in service delivery, business management and staff engagement. Our multi-disciplinary team includes highly experienced specialists in project management, consulting, law, procurement, governance, technology and commercial.
Proximity is highly regarded for:
We work with you onsite, in an advisory capacity and on specific projects. We are committed to working with you and your team with a strong focus on achieving your objectives.
Government and regulated industry sectors are our focus; we understand the laws, policies, politics and culture of these sectors.
We are technically excellent, strategic, practical, experienced and efficient; our advisors are hand-picked based on having the right attributes to work successfully with your team.
We combine big-picture strategy with attention to detail.
We have advised clients on some of the most complex and high-profile projects in Australia.
We invest significantly in our partnerships with other specialists providing one stop solutions through integrated multi-disciplinary teams. We partner with companies spanning finance, management consulting, technology and engineering. Combining with a broad range of professionals allows us to assist you with all your project needs.
Proximity has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusivity. We use a diverse range of suppliers including minority owned, women owned, disability inclusive, as well as small and micro businesses for printing, design and merchandise.
Our innovative model is a multi-disciplinary professional services organisation with a high client engagement approach and tailored ‘on-site’ and ‘advisory’ service delivery methods. We are always exploring how things can be done better.
We are strategic, practical, technically excellent, engaging and genuine people.
We combine big-picture strategy with attention to detail in implementation to developing practical, real world solutions that work and provide helpful outcomes.
We have a high performance but supportive and flexible workplace environment.
Proximity is a signatory to the National Pro Bono Resource Centre’s Aspirational Target of 35 hours pro bono work per lawyer per year. We were the first incorporated legal practice to become a signatory and worked with the Centre in 2011 to develop the first Statement of Principles for incorporated legal practices. Proximity is proud to have reached a total of 744 pro bono hours in FY19/20, an average of 37.74 per lawyer.
We are also honoured to have been recognised locally and nationally for our industry-leading Community Program, specifically:
Through our Community Program, Proximity provides significant pro bono services* to the following Community Partners:
Our lawyers also consistently participate in the ACT Law Society’s pro bono program through the:
*We provide pro bono legal and well as commercial and consulting services to all clients. Where we aren’t the best placed organisation to provide certain services, we endeavour to refer our Community Partners to a trusted service provider.
Proximity’s highly regarded consulting, legal and commercial teams are made up of advisors that have worked in both the public and private sector. We have a mix of lawyers and non-lawyers that understand the regulatory and policy framework within which governments and regulated industries operate. We have a range of experience in our team from Senior General Counsel level to paralegals, and all our advisors have experience in major consulting or legal firms, or highly regarded in-house legal and procurement teams.
Our advisors are available for the full range of work that government and regulated industry entities might require, from complex high-value matters of national significance to routine consulting, legal and commercial advisory work. We can provide specialist expertise or generalist advisers to cover business as usual matters.
Yes. Proximity has a large team of high quality paralegals that can provide you cost effective assistance in dealing with the ever-increasing volume of routine consulting, legal and commercial work.
Clients engage Proximity advisors for a variety of reasons. However, you can expect that all of Proximity’s advisors will:
Yes. While some of our advisors work on a full-time basis, many work part-time for a reduced number of days per week or work reduced hours five days per week. We also provide combinations of advisors with different skills on a job-share basis if that best suits your needs.
Proximity is a regular supplier to government and is on many government panels as an approved supplier of business advisory, legal service, sourcing and associated services (including multi-government agency panels that are accessible to a broad range of government agencies other than just the establishing agency).
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