Tony is a senior partner with more than 45 years' experience in complex commercial agreements and disputes, particularly across intellectual property (IP), information technology (IT), life sciences, licence type arrangements and franchising. He has broad international experience, particularly in the USA, UK, Europe and Asia.

Tony's experience extends to advising about commercialisation of a broad range of technologies from start-ups to IPO/trade sales, including for drug development, medical devices, IT, and many others.

Tony's commercial experience includes taking companies overseas e.g. incl. USA, China, NZ, UK, and cases involving cross country jurisdiction & co-ordination, with an emphasis on technical and parallel issues. He has conducted many successful cases through to the High Court, and has been involved in more than 100 mediations.

Tony was the Deputy Chair for Australia and the Queensland Chairman of the IP Committee of the Law Council of Australia for over 20 years. He is also a member of various professional national and international organisations, including the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Association, the International Distribution Institute based in Europe (the Australian correspondent), the International Franchise Association and presented at conferences and seminars nationally and internationally.