Experience

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  Cross The T Legal

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Principal Lawyer

    • Jun 2018 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Tania White (nee Body) is the owner and principal lawyer of Cross the T. Cross the T provides legal advice, business and procurement services to those small to medium sized businesses who are looking for "top end of town" advice to be provided in a flexible, responsive and ultimately affordable manner.

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  Melton City Council

  • Melton, Victoria, Australia

  • Melton Transport Community Reference Group

    • Apr 2021 - Aug 2022
    • Melton, Victoria, Australia

    The Melton Transport Community Reference Group assists Council to create advocacy campaigns that:- Make a significant change to the existing transport network (such as improvements to the rail service, or upgrading the Western Highway to Freeway standard).- Make a significant improvement to a mode of transport (such as increased funding that results in the extension of hours that buses run / improves the frequency of buses / the creation of a missing piece of infrastructure such as the Outer Metropolitan Ring Road).

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  Dig Deep Event

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Association Secretary

    • Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    A charity event showcasing Victoria's civil construction industry in aid of mental health in construction for Beyond Blue

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  County Court of Victoria

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Associate to Her Honour Judge Millane

    • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Tania was part of a dedicated team charged with the responsibility of supporting Her Honour Judge Millane in chambers and in court. Tania flourished within the complex, demanding and sensitive environment, applying her excellent organisational skills, sound judgment and exceptional communication skills to a diverse range of people in a variety of situations. Tania provided operational, administrative and technical legal support to Her Honour Judge Millane both in chambers and in court. This involved case file management; a strong emphasis on communication at all levels, legal drafting and legal research.Tania worked collaboratively with her colleagues and the wider County Court and the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal to achieve common goals fulfilling the court's directions.

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  Linking Melbourne Authority

  • Assistant Director, Legal

    • Sep 2013 - Mar 2015

    Tania was the Assistant Director Legal with the Victorian Government’s Linking Melbourne Authority (LMA), responsible for working within and managing a team of legal and commercial advisors, focusing on co-ordinating workflows and providing overarching quality control. Tania maintained an awareness of government policy and legislative changes in both State and Commonwealth laws, together with other relevant information via detailed and comprehensive research skills. Tania regularly reported to LMA’s executive team, Board of Directors and wider Governmental stakeholders on a range of matters including administrative and compliance requirements; reporting against governmental policies and identifying business risks.Tania was particularly responsible for ensuring the East West Link business case was delivered to Government on time including ensuring that the business case was comprehensively developed and addressed the broad range of procurement and financing options with clear recommendations in a timely manner and providing clear, accurate and timely legal and strategic advice to LMA with respect to the East West Link project, general corporate matters, miscellaneous Peninsula Link matters and other matters as required from time to time, including the provision of timely and succinct advice to LMA management on legal issues, including analysis and recommendations to be used for Ministerial and Cabinet reporting. Tania managed all legal aspects in the tender processes for the East West Link, in particular development of contractual arrangements, and tender terms and conditions.

  • Senior Commercial and Legal Adviser

    • Jun 2012 - Aug 2013

    Provision of legal and commercial advice with respect to the planning, development and delivery of major transport infrastructure projects. Detailed advice and preparation of documentation with respect to PPP project delivery. Intergovernmental stakeholder relations.

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  Public Transport Victoria

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Legal and Commercial Advisor

    • Oct 2010 - Jun 2012
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Tania was a Senior Legal and Commercial Advisor within Public Transport Victoria’s governance and legal division. Tania provided legal support to a variety of project and operations teams throughout Public Transport Victoria and led key communications with a broad spectrum of public and private stakeholders.Tania led contract negotiations with bidders, drafted tender documentation and contracts for the procurement of services and delivery of complex transport infrastructure projects, and was a key liaison between Public Transport Victoria’s legal division and its public and private stakeholders across a range of major transport infrastructure projects including the Melbourne Metro Rail Project and South Morang Rail Extension Project.

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  Clayton Utz

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Associate

    • 2008 - Oct 2010
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Senior Associate in the Major Projects & Construction Department specialising in front-end negotiation and contract documentation, particularly PPP and large D&C projects.Acted for government, owners and contractors in various forms of commercial contracting in Victoria including drafting project and construction documentation, advising on risk allocation, advising on major project delivery and implementation, negotiating contracts and advising on contractual issues generally. Provision of advice and support to clients on all aspects of general corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisition, competition law, supply and procurement, infrastructure leasing and corporate and business restructuring.

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  Middletons

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Lawyer

    • 2004 - 2008
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Lawyer in the Major Projects group of the Corporate & Commercial department.Advising clients across the infrastructure, transport and resources industries in relation to all aspects of general corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, competition law, supply and procurement, infrastructure leasing and corporate and business restructuring.