They have been senior leaders in top tier firms, they have developed and managed highly reputable in-house government legal practices, and enjoyed working across a wide range of Commonwealth portfolios including the Department of Defence, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Department of Industry Innovation and Science, Department of Human Services, Department of Social Services, Department of Environment, the Department of Health, Airservices Australia, Crimtrac, Geoscience Australia, the Australian Electoral Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
Our lawyers are therefore highly cognisant of the commercial, political and regulatory framework that drives the management of legal and probity risk in the Australian Government.
We are delighted to announce that lawyerbank has been appointed to the Whole of Government Legal Services Panel in the Legal Support Services, Public Law and Corporate and Commercial Areas of Law. This means that any Commonwealth agency can engage our lawyers in an easy and efficient manner through a streamlined procurement process.
lawyerbank lawyers are highly professional, easy going, service oriented and outcome driven. They are all quality vetted, and most have at least 10 years’ legal experience. lawyerbank lawyers are therefore not only able to hit the ground running when working with your legal practice but will provide, strategical, practical and responsive legal advice in an easy to understand manner.
Our lawyers have advised extensively on complex and high profile Commonwealth procurements and funding programs. Our team is also well versed in advising on administrative decision making, statutory interpretation and the requirements of, and compliance with, Commonwealth legislation and policy.
Additionally, we have non-legal FOI and privacy advisors who are able to assist agencies with internal processing, if required.
We understand that the needs, and demands upon, an internal legal practice can change rapidly. lawyerbank was established to provide secondment services in a flexible and responsive manner to meet demand and maximise utility to agencies.
lawyerbank lawyers are available to assist either in-house or in a virtual capacity to work as part of the in-house legal team. This may include providing relief assistance with the business as usual workload, providing senior expertise for high profile and contentious matters and also providing mentoring, training and second-counselling of more junior lawyers if needed.
The duration and frequency of each secondment is at the discretion of the agency. At all times we will work with you to ensure the availability of secondees is reflective of your resourcing requirements, including where workloads intensify or diminish within the period of an engagement, so as to maximise value for money for the agency.
lawyerbank doesn’t carry the overheads associated with private practice and only invests in highly experienced senior lawyers. This means you can enjoy the advisory services of senior top tier lawyers without the top tier price tag. Our pricing models are incredibly competitive and you don’t pay a premium for extensive office space, senior partner signoff or the training of junior lawyers.
Agencies can elect to engage lawyers on an hourly or daily rate basis. To provide ultimate flexibility secondment hours can also be purchased in bulk amounts to be used as and when required.
We are happy to work with you to develop a pricing model tailored to your needs.