Andrew Grant

LLM, Harvard Law School 2018.

BA/LLB (Hons), University of Auckland 2017.

Andrew Grant is a specialist civil and commercial litigator.  He has a broad civil practice with particular expertise in contract, company, tort, property and trusts disputes.

Andrew is regularly instructed as sole or junior counsel in trial and appellate proceedings at all levels of the New Zealand courts system.  He also provides specialist advice and advocacy in other forums, such as international and domestic arbitrations, specialist tribunals and mediations.

Andrew’s recent instructions as a barrister include acting in the High Court and Court of Appeal for a developer in a multi-million dollar dispute with a rival developer over control of a residential subdivision; acting for a vendor defendant in a two-week High Court leaky building trial; acting for several dozen owners of a residential development in a complex High Court proceeding involving multiple alleged breaches of contract; and acting for the trustee of a significant family trust in defending a High Court claim brought by a beneficiary concerning the trust’s major asset.    

Prior to joining Bankside Chambers, Andrew was an associate at a leading litigation and arbitration firm in New York City, where he regularly acted for clients in New York state and federal court, as well as in international arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL, AAA, ICDR and ICSID Rules of arbitration.  He was also a junior barrister at Shortland Chambers, where he acted in commercial disputes together with leading King’s Counsel and other senior barristers.

Andrew holds an LLM from Harvard Law School, where he received honours grades in multiple commercial litigation papers.  He also holds a BA/LLB (Hons) from the University of Auckland, where he was awarded a number of prizes in advocacy, including the 2016 Auckland and New Zealand senior mooting championships, the 2016 prize for national best speaker, and the award for global best oralist at the 2017 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition in Washington DC.

Andrew accepts instructions on matters around New Zealand and internationally.  He is a member of Bankside Chambers Singapore and may also be instructed on international arbitration matters there.

• Andrew T. Grant “Tannadyce and the Role of Judicial Review in New Zealand Tax Disputes” (2018) 1 New Zealand Law Review 39.
• Andrew T. Grant “An Examination of New Zealand Criminal Appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 1841-2015” (2016) 27 New Zealand Universities Law Review 438.
• Andrew T. Grant “The Vulnerable Children Act 2014” (2016) 22 Auckland University Law Review 401.