Max completed his LLB(Hons) at the University of Auckland, receiving six first in course awards and a variety of academic awards, including the New Zealand Law Review Prize and various subject prizes. He tutored contract law and Chinese history at the University.
While at University, Max represented New Zealand at the 2019 Philip C Jessup International Law Moot, where the team placed in the top 8 and received an award for the best respondent memorial in the world.
Prior to joining Shortland Chambers, Max worked as a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court. He is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contractual disputes.
Sam graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2020 with an LLB(Hons)/BA. He received first place rankings in three of his four honours research papers and in several other law subjects. He was admitted to the bar in December 2021.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Sam worked for two years as a Judge’s Clerk to Justice O’Regan at the Supreme Court. During his clerkship, he worked on a variety of civil and criminal appeals, and also assisted with leave applications and jurisdictional questions. Previously, Sam also worked as a Legal & Policy Adviser for Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission, was research assistant for both a former Court of Appeal Judge and a leading human rights law academic, and tutored law at Victoria University. He currently tutors contract law at the University of Auckland. He has published academic work in the New Zealand Law Journal and the Victoria University of Wellington Law Review.
Sam is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contract, trusts and equity, torts, administrative law, and human rights.
Catherine graduated in 2020 with an LLB with First Class Honours from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was awarded the Department of Law Commendation Prize for Outstanding Academic Performance and the Atkin Chambers Mooting Prize. She also holds an LLM with Distinction from the University of Auckland. She was admitted to the bar in March 2023.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Catherine worked as a lawyer at Bell Gully, and tutored commercial law at the University of Auckland. She has previously volunteered for a human rights organization in Ghana, assisted on civil procedure reform in the UK, and worked in several commercial law firms, including two US law firms in London.
Catherine is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, media law, and public law.
Andrew Grant joined Shortland Chambers in April 2022. Prior to this, he spent four years as an international arbitration and commercial litigation lawyer at a leading disputes firm in New York City. He was admitted as an attorney in New York state and federal court in 2019, and as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2017.
Andrew is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he completed a Master of Laws, and the University of Auckland, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours. While at Auckland Law School, Andrew won the Stout Shield, the Greg Everard Memorial Prize for Mooting, and the Dean's Excellence Award for outstanding academic performance. He was the New Zealand mooting champion and National Best Speaker in 2016, and twice represented New Zealand at the Philip Jessup International Moot Court Competition in Washington DC. He was the Global Best Oralist at the 2017 Jessup Competition.
Andrew's academic work in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, family law and tax has been published in New Zealand's three leading law journals: the New Zealand Law Review, the New Zealand Universities Law Review and the Auckland University Law Review. He has previously tutored first year law papers at the University of Auckland.
Lewis graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from the University of Auckland in 2021. He received the subject prize in Legal Ethics, the Johnston Foundation Prize in Company Law and a Dean’s Academic Excellence Award. Lewis was admitted to the bar in 2022.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Lewis worked as a Judges’ Clerk at the Auckland High Court. He has also worked as a research assistant to legal academics in areas involving human rights, in the Constitutional and Human Rights team at Crown Law and at Simpson Grierson.
Lewis is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in contractual disputes, company law, tort, human rights and administrative law.
Jae completed his LLB(Hons) at the University of Auckland, receiving a Dean's Academic Excellence Award and various subject prizes. He currently tutors torts at the University.
While at university, Jae was the editor-in-chief of the Auckland University Law Review. He also represented New Zealand at the 2019 Philip C Jessup International Law Moot where the team placed in the top 8 and received various awards for excellence in memorial writing, including for the best respondent memorial in the world.
Prior to joining Shortland Chambers, Jae worked as a Judges' Clerk at the Auckland High Court. He is interested in all areas of litigation, with particular interests in civil and criminal procedure, torts, company and insolvency, and consumer law.
Jacobi graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from Otago University in 2021. He received various scholarships and prizes, including the Legal Research Foundation’s 'Unpublished Undergraduate Student Paper Award' in 2021. He was admitted to the bar in December 2021.
Before joining Shortland Chambers as a junior, Jacobi was a judge's clerk at the Court of Appeal. He has tutored second-year law students at Otago and at Victoria University of Wellington in the subjects of property law, contract law, legal writing and research. His work has been published in the Australian Federal Law Review.
Jacobi is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in commercial disputes, property, contracts, administrative law and Māori legal issues.
Pita graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BA from Victoria University of Wellington in 2018. He graduated first in his year, receiving the Victoria Medal for Academic Excellence. Pita was admitted to the bar in December 2019.
Before joining Shortland Chambers as a Junior, Pita was a Judge’s Clerk at the Supreme Court for Chief Justice Winkelmann and a tutor at Victoria University. He has also worked at Crown Law, the Law Commission, Parliamentary Service, Morris Legal and Russell McVeagh. Pita is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in tikanga Māori and the law, as well as contract, tort, human rights, trusts, relationship property and administrative law.
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Hannah graduated with an LLB(Hons)/BCom from the University of Otago in 2020. She received prizes in evidence and resource management law. Hannah was admitted to the bar in March 2021.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Hannah worked for two years as a Judges’ Clerk to the Hon Justice Gilbert at the Court of Appeal. She has worked as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Otago and Victoria University of Wellington, where she tutored students in property law, financial accounting, legal writing and research.
Hannah is interested in all areas of litigation, with a particular interest in trusts and equity, criminal law, relationship property, consumer law and torts.
Amy completed her LLB(Hons) at the University of Auckland in 2020. She graduated among the top of her cohort, receiving a Dean’s Excellence Award and a Senior Scholar Award. She was admitted to the bar in May 2022.
Before joining Shortland Chambers, Amy worked for two years as a Judge’s Clerk at the Auckland High Court. She was also employed as a tutor in the Law Faculty at the University of Auckland, teaching Legal Method.
In addition to her law degree, Amy holds a BA(Hons) in English Literature from Christ Church college, University of Oxford, and an MA(Hons) and PhD from the University of Auckland. Her experience in academic research, writing, editing and teaching informs her approach to litigation practice and legal research.
Amy is interested in all areas of civil litigation, with a particular interest in trusts and equity, relationship property, judicial review and torts.
