Our Experience
Over the past 10+ years, Proximity lawyers have undertaken hundreds of legal secondments across the Commonwealth, ranging from short-term to multi-year commitments across administrative law, litigation, commercial law, coronial, WHS and information law.
We’re able to meet the Commonwealth’s needs, whether that’s by providing senior expertise on sensitive or significant issues or tapping into our deep pool of trusted talent to offer surge solutions, including at the paralegal level. Our partnership approach extends to supporting capability uplift within government teams by readily sharing our knowledge and tools. We are also industry-recognised (Government Team of the Year 2022 and 2017, Australian Law Awards).
We are passionate about working alongside – or embedded in – government teams. This is what Proximity is known for and why our lawyers choose to work with us. Many of our lawyers have held senior positions in highly regarded government teams and private practice, including as General Counsel and Principal Legal Officers.
All 50+ lawyers on our team are security cleared, some to the highest levels. Proximity also has Zone 4 secure facilities in Canberra, is a Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) member and has an Essential Eight Level Two maturity rating. These reflect our strong cyber security stance. As a government-first organisation, we also don’t run up against conflicts like some of our competitors do.
Skills and expertise
Our on-site legal services include:
- Legal secondments across all areas of law
- Legislation and litigation support
- Paralegal, administrative and legal policy support
- Legal operations improvement
WinnerAustralian Law Awards2022
Government Team of the Year
FinalistAustralian Law Awards2022
Employer of Choice
FinalistAustralasian Law Awards 2022
Corporate Citizen of the Year
FinalistTelstra Best of Business Awards2022
State Finalist ACT - Building Communities
- Commonwealth Panels and Marketplaces
- State and Territory Panels and Marketplaces
People
Insights
We are a leading provider of integrated consulting, commercial and legal services to government and large organisations.
We collaborate with you to overcome challenges and achieve excellent outcomes. By creating an exceptional workplace culture, we equip our people with the confidence and knowledge to find the ‘right fit’ solution for your needs.
Clients can engage us for our respective expertise in legal, procurement, program, project and management consulting; but more notably, we offer the full suite of support on projects. We advise from start to finish, with Proximity consultants working seamlessly with Proximity lawyers and commercial advisors to deliver the intended project outcome.
Our team members are true experts in their field, who share their insights generously, at every step of the way.
Advantages of Proximity include:
Intensive support — dedicated resources working directly with your team.
No increase to your head count — the flexibility to scale up and down as required.
High quality — highly regarded practitioners that understand your sector.
Fresh approach — the flexibility and varied experience of external advisors and the intimate knowledge and commercial focus of an in-house team.
Tailored pricing — pricing solutions that suit your needs; whether you require price certainty or flexible pricing solutions that allow you to deal with uncertain demand.
Value for money — our model eliminates expensive overheads; and you benefit from the savings.
The Proximity difference means you:
- You won’t need to engage multiple providers on projects
- You will have a customised service delivery
- The team you work with will be handpicked to meet your project needs, with the right skills and the right size
- You will achieve an efficient delivery, through industry best practice and innovative approaches
- Integrity and traceability will be evident throughout the engagement
- You can have complete confidence that the outcome is delivered, with value for money.
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