Grant Pestell
LL.B (Managing Director)
Phone: + 61 8 9221 0033
Email: gpestell@mphlawyers.com.au
Senior Executive Assistant: Meeri Vilinurm
Email: mvilinurm@mphlawyers.com.au
Grant holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia.
Grant has 30 years experience in commercial and corporate law and in commercial litigation. Grant practices in corporate and commercial law and predominantly dispute resolution and advisory work and has extensive experience advising high net worth clients and both listed and private companies in the Information Technology, Automation and Robotics, Biotechnology, Resources, Energy and Construction industries. He has been the Managing Director of MPH since 2000 and is regularly involved in and advises on complex commercial disputes, strategic contract negotiations, risk management and large-scale financing and restructuring. He advises on large scale ICT contracts, construction contracts, mining and gas agreements and commercial disputes in that regard and has had extensive dealings with various state governments and probity regimes in respect to tender/contract negotiations and with multinational companies across the above sectors. He also regularly advises public and private companies and directors on matters of corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and risk management and advises family offices in the private investment sector. Since 2002 he has worked extensively in the innovation space (digital, AI, robotics/automation and biotech) advising investors and founders on investment, national and international partnerships, commercialisation and scaling and IP strategy/protection.
In 2014, Grant was selected as one of the Global 250 Leading Lawyers in Australia by Lawyer Monthly Magazine. In 2024, Grant was named by the Doyle’s Guide as one of the recommended lawyers in Western Australia for Technology, Media and Telecommunication.
Grant is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Vudoo Holdings Pty Ltd, an e- commerce technology platform and Non Executive Chair of RooLife Ltd, an artificial intelligence/e-commerce company. He is also Non-Executive Chair of biotechnology companies Aculeus Therapeutics Pty Ltd and Liquim Limited. Grant is currently a member of the Tech Council of Australia.
He was previously Non-Executive Director of Cosol Ltd, an Information Technology services provider; Non-Executive Chairman of Fleetsu Pty Ltd (sold to Rand McNally), an automotive data analytics platform for connected vehicles; and Non-Executive Director of information and technology services provider ASG Group Limited (sold to Nomura Securities Ltd).