PRAGMA
282 Rokeby Road, Subiaco 6008 pragma.law
About the Firm What are Pragma’s values? Utmost Integrity • we are open and honest. • we adhere to ethical best practice. Delivering outstanding value • Our dedication to our clients separates us from other firms. • We strive to achieve the best outcome for our clients in the most cost-effective and timely way. • We do this by working as a team, challenging conventional thinking and always going the extra mile. Forward thinking • We are constantly improving our skills and knowledge. • We engage with new technologies to deliver efficiencies to our clients. Fostering great team members • We build each other up. We recognise, celebrate and reward individual and team contributions. • We treat each other with respect and honesty. Leaders in the community
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Pragma Lawyers is not a “traditional” law firm. We pride ourselves on being nimble and outside-the-box thinkers. Our firm’s values form the foundation of its success and our culture. We emphasise the importance of living our values, which we have developed together as a team after an extensive selfanalysis process: we act with the utmost integrity, we take pride in delivering outstanding value to clients, we are forward thinking, we foster both great team members and working What significant work environment, and we are leaders has your firm recently undertaken? in our community. Recent work has been varied: How does Pragma distinguish Pragma has advised on the sale itself from other law firms? of significant mining tenements Pragma helps its clients avoid to an international purchaser and resolve disputes so they (encompassing both insolvency can focus on what’s important. and commercial advice), advising Pragma is leading the way in on the sale of The Subiaco Hotel, legal innovation, being one of commencing, and resolving a the first firms to implement cost large dispute between former effective models such as outcome directors of a goldmine in Western based pricing and fixed-fee early Australia, and appearing in the Perth Casino Royal Commission. mediation.
• We have in place activities and processes to stay mentally and physically healthy so we are What notable awards has Pragma received? always operating at our best. • We provide pro bono support to Externally, since the firm was disadvantaged persons on a far established in 2014, the firm has greater per person scale than our grown dramatically in both size competitors. We do this through and reputation. Pragma has been both financial and in-kind support recognised as one of the fastest growing law firms in Australia to the Subiaco Justice Centre. 120
(Australasian Lawyer Magazine, October, 2016) and we were nominated as a finalist in the Australian Law Awards, as well as listed in Australasian Lawyer Innovative Firms for 2016 and 2019. We made the list for the Australasian Lawyer Employer of Choice for 2019 and 2020, we became a finalist in this year’s Australian Law Awards Wellness Initiative of the Year 2020. We were also recently selected as an Excellence Awardee for our Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year for 2021.
What kind of pro bono work does the firm engage in? Consistent with our values, Pragma undertakes a wide range of pro-bono work including litigious matters such as debts owed to migrant employees, defending violence restraining
