Anthony (Tony) Thomas
Contact Details
| Phone: | (03) 9225 7095 | 0412 608 733 |
| Email: | thomas@greenway.com.au |
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| Clerk: | Foleys List |
Tony Thomas focuses his practice on construction disputes, infrastructure disputes, regulatory inquiries and public law. In 2024, he is engaged in several complex construction disputes in the NSW Supreme Court and in an IBAC investigation (Victoria). He holds an on-going brief for a large NGO that is prominent in the optics industry. In recent years, he has been lead counsel for the Commonwealth of Australia in the NSW Supreme Court (Liverpool City Council v Department of Treasury and Finance), lead counsel for the State of Papua New Guinea in an international arbitration and sentencing counsel in one of the Securency prosecutions in the Victorian Supreme Court. He has practised extensively in IBAC for the State of Victoria.
Tony has been recognised by Best Lawyers for expertise in Construction / Infrastructure Law since 2020.
Tony represents clients on issues that include:
- Infrastructure projects
- Commercial and residential construction disputes
- Insurance litigation
- Owners Corporation disputes
- Complex IP royalty disputes
- Occupational Health and Safety prosecutions (defence)
- Ombudsman, IBAC and ACIC inquiries
- Class actions
Tony has significant experience in developing and implementing regulatory defence strategies for public companies. He has also led multiple internal investigations into allegations of fraud / corrupt conduct / anti-competitive conduct / money laundering within NGOs, private companies and public companies, including a major listed multi-national.
When litigating, Tony adopts a hands-on approach to factual inquiry and legal analysis. He understands the complexities of expert evidence and recognises the critical role that well-prepared expert witnesses play in superior court litigation.
Prior to joining the Bar, Tony was a senior adviser in the Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the University of Melbourne.
Specialisations
- Construction and infrastructure law
- Asset recovery
- Workplace investigations
- White collar crime
- Cross-border crime investigations
- Tax, securities and instruments fraud
- Money laundering and bribery
Professional Background
Qualifications - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Law (Hons) (Melbourne)
Prior to joining the Bar, Tony was a senior adviser in the Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the University of Melbourne.
Signed the Bar Roll- 6 April 1998
Recognition:
Recognised in Best Lawyers in Australia since 2020 under the category of Construction/Infrastructure Law
Recognised in Lexology’s Who’s Who Legal (2024): Business Crime, Investigations & Asset Recovery