Tony Morgan
Tony Morgan
darwin
Tony obtained his LLB from the University of Sydney in 1989. He grew up in Alice Springs and has worked in the Northern Territory (principally in Darwin) since graduating. Tony was Managing Partner at Morgan Buckley between 2000 and 2005 and works mainly in property and corporate matters.
Professional Activities
- Member Law Society of the Northern Territory.
- Member Law Council of Australia Legal Practice Section.
- Member Law Council of Australia Business Law Section.
- Member Australian Lawyers Alliance.
Specific Projects
Property
- Sale of Palm City Oasis Shopping Centre, Palmerston comlex due diligence process – Transaction $15m+.
- Sale NAB Bank Building Alice Springs – Transaction $1m+.
- Sale of Colocag Plaza Alice Springs - Transaction $1m+.
- Development of Western Precinct complex planning, environmental and native title issues– CBD – $20m+.
- Development of McDonalds Precint Alice Springs- $3m+.
- Development of Firken & Hound Pub Alice Springs reasonably complex planning and car parking issues liquor licensing issues - $1m+.
- Development of water rights agreements Rocky Hill highly complex land claim and access issues – $3m+.
- Acquisition of Ross River Homestead, complex native title and land claim issues, liquor licensing issues – $2m+.
- Acquisition and Sales of Arltunga Pub complex land claim issues, liquor licensing and water access issues- >$1m.
- Sales and Acquisitions of Pastoral properties including, Ross River, The Gardens and Todd River, stock mortgages, plant and equipment financing, native title and land claim issues and community living area issues– plus/minus $5m.
- Preparation of copyright licenses for a Gallery in connection with aboriginal art works.
- Preparation of software development, service and maintenance agreements for a large corporation in connection with a significant software platform.
Corporate and Government
- Advices and opinions to Racing and Gaming Authority in connection with all facets of the relevant Acts.
- Preparing the complex arrangements for the acquisition of gaming machines from licensees in the NT by the Racing and Gaming Authority.
- Advising a major Northern Territory insurer and financial institution in connection with Financial Services Act reforms.
- Developing a Privacy Policy for a Northern Territory insurer and financial institution and assisting in quality assurance issues.
- Developing an electronic banking policy for a large company.
- Advising a large financier concerning banking powers under the constitution and limits on interstate banking.
- Advising a large corporation during an investigation of it by the ACCC in connection with alleged anti competitive behaviour including meeting with the regulator and favourably resolving the dispute.
- Advising a corporation in connection with an investigation of claims under the Fair Trading Act in connection with licensing issues, meeting with the regulator and favourably resolving the dispute.
- Advising the Alice Springs Taxi Co-op in connection with an investigation of it by the ACCC in connection with alleged anti competitive behaviour including meeting with the regulator and favourably resolving the dispute.
- Advising a large corporation in connection with a competitor using a deceptively similar name, passing off and other intellectual property rights and obtaining an agreement whereby the competitor ceased using the deceptively similar name.
- Advising a group of companies on payroll tax matters, grouping and liability.