ABOUT ME
Tony Raunic is one of Victoria's leading public law advisors. Drawing on his own personal experience as an elected Councillor and Mayor, for many years Tony has provided advice on procurement, governance and transactional issues to a significant number of Victorian metropolitan, regional and rural local government entities.
Tony and his team also assist a number of Victorian State Government departments and instrumentalities with their legal needs including Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Treasury and Finance, Director of Housing, VicRoads and Department of Transport, Parks Victoria, Country Fire Authority and the Independent Broad-based Anti- Corruption Commission.
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Raised in the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Tony retains a refreshing down to earth approach to the provision of practical legal solutions to Hunt & Hunt's clientele.
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As a current Managing Principal of Hunt & Hunt Victoria, Tony is passionate about ensuring the Hunt & Hunt team live out the Hunt & Hunt ethos of "Genuine People, Practical Solutions".
Legal advice is to be given in plain, accessible, user friendly language and get straight to the point. Achieving value for money outcomes for clients is always paramount.
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Besides his public law practice, Tony has over 25 years' experience advising private and public sector clients in their property transactions including the sale and purchase of real estate holdings and representing landlords and tenants in commercial lease matters.
Tony also has an interest in the law of self-storage. He leads the Hunt & Hunt team that provides legal support to Australian members of the Self Storage Association of Australasia and its legal help desk.
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Hunt & Hunt Victoria operate from premises at 114 William Street, Melbourne in the heart of Melbourne's traditional legal precinct. Practice groups include general commercial, workplace relations, customs and trade, insolvency, insurance, public liability, litigation, intellectual property, general property, compulsory acquisition and property disputes, estate planning and banking and finance.
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Hunt & Hunt are a national legal group with offices in Sydney, North Ryde, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin. In 2019 Hunt & Hunt proudly celebrated its 90th anniversary of its founding in 1929 by the Hunt brothers.
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In Melbourne, Hunt & Hunt also operate a China practice focusing on assisting the diverse and significant Melbourne Chinese community in their real estate and commercial transactions and Tony has significant involvement in this practice and connections within this community.
Tony holds degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Melbourne and a Masters in Business Administration from Latrobe University. He has travelled extensively and studied at Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Dijon France.
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Tony's father emigrated from post-war Croatia and Tony speaks the Italian dialect from the Istra region of Croatia.
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Outside the office, Tony is a regular runner taking on the Tan track each week day and a keen cyclist. When not commuting via his own legs, Tony is a car enthusiast and still loves the rumble of his old style V8 powered car.