Tony Symons

Tony Symons

Partner · Mills Oakley

Melbourne, VIC

Doyle’s Guide Preeminent 2026 · Business & CommercialSolicitorMills OakleyMelbourneRegister-checked 17 September 2026

Quick answer

Tony Symons is a partner at Mills Oakley in Melbourne, working in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and general commercial law. Doyle’s Guide lists Tony Symons as Preeminent among Victoria’s business and commercial lawyers in 2026, and Leading in its Corporate Lawyers, Victoria list. The Victorian register of lawyers lists Anthony Symons as a current practitioner (Principal with Trust).

Firm

Mills Oakley

Role

Partner

Office

Melbourne

Doyle’s Guide

Preeminent 2026

Register

Principal with Trust

About Tony Symons

Tony Symons is a partner in Mills Oakley's Corporate Advisory team in Melbourne, with more than two decades in corporate, M&A and general commercial law. He advises listed and private companies, private equity investors and their portfolios, founders and family enterprises on transactions in Australia and overseas. Earlier in his career he spent several years based in Hong Kong working on regional M&A. The firm credits him with strong commercial judgement and skill in leading negotiations through to a close.

Doyle’s Guide lists Tony Symons as Preeminent among Victoria’s business and commercial lawyers in 2026, and Leading in its Corporate Lawyers, Victoria list.

Doyle’s Guide rankings

Tony Symons’s most recent listings. Every edition we could verify is set out in the ranking history below.

About Doyle’s Guide rankings. Doyle’s Guide produces annual tier rankings of individual lawyers from peer, client and referrer surveys. Tiers run Market Leader / Preeminent / Leading / Recommended. We report Doyle’s published rankings with attribution; we do not produce these tiers ourselves. Read Doyle’s methodology →

Doyle’s ranking history

Every Doyle’s listing we could verify for Tony Symons. Each list page was opened individually on doylesguide.com, one edition at a time, on 17 September 2026; no run of years has been inferred from a single page.

Years are the edition years Doyle’s publishes. Doyle’s listings over the years name Clarendon Lawyers and Mills Oakley. We searched Doyle’s Victorian and national lawyer lists for commercial, corporate, property, leasing, insolvency, technology, employment, construction and estates work from 2015 to 2026.

What Tony Symons handles

As listed by Mills Oakley:

Sectors. Listed and private corporate clients; Private equity funds and portfolio companies; Family businesses and start-ups; Family offices and high-net-worth individuals.

Career and background

Other recognition

Listings in other directories, as published by the source shown. We have not independently verified these.

Register details

Tony Symons is listed on the Victorian register of lawyers kept by the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner. The entry is reproduced below as it appeared on 17 September 2026 (the address field is omitted).

About the register. The register records every person entitled to practise law in Victoria. A principal certificate is held by a partner or director of a law practice; “with trust” means the practitioner may receive trust money. Areas of practice are nominated by the practitioner. View the register entry →

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Tony Symons?

Tony Symons is a partner at Mills Oakley in Melbourne, working in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and general commercial law.

Is Tony Symons ranked by Doyle’s Guide?

Doyle’s Guide lists Tony Symons as Preeminent among Victoria’s business and commercial lawyers in 2026, and Leading in its Corporate Lawyers, Victoria list. Each edition is linked in the ranking history on this page.

What does Tony Symons specialise in?

According to Mills Oakley: Corporate law; Mergers and acquisitions; General commercial law.

How do I contact Tony Symons?

Through Mills Oakley. This profile is editorial; Tony Symons has not claimed it and has no commercial relationship with Lawyer Reviews.

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