Tara Grant

Background

Tara’s genuine interest in relationships and human connection is at the heart of her legal practice. In her specialist areas of relationship property, trusts, estates and family related property law, she brings deep experience and a clear-eyed perspective to every case, helping her clients navigate complex issues and move forward with their lives. Tara ensures that clients understand their options, rights and entitlements and works hard to find the best possible outcomes.

Tara is known for her calm, dedicated approach as well as her exceptional organisational skills. As a senior member of the team, she has a long history of mentoring and developing our talented lawyers, possessing a keen awareness of the unique contribution that each person brings to the team.

Expertise

• Asset protection during relationships via contracting-out agreements (‘pre-nups’)
• Divorces, separations and division of assets
• Disputes over estates and wills
• Creating and administering bespoke trusts
• Reviewing trust documentation
• Trustee advice
• Restructuring trusts and estate plans
• Property sharing agreements
• Wills and powers of attorney (including EPAs)
• Eldercare arrangements
• Collaborative law
• Provision of professional trustee services

Community involvement

• Co-presented at the NZLS Family Law Conference 2021 – ‘Trusts Act 2019 through a relationship property lens’
• Co-presented at Legalwise's Litigation 'Top up' intensive on the Trusts Act 2019 and Relationship Property
• Co-presented Spousal Maintenance NZLS CLE
• Neighbourhood Support Group Leader
• Restore Rotorua Incorporated - Member
• Lead facilitator of primary school 'caring committee' 
• Pro-bono charitable trust support
• Named in NZ Lawyer's Elite Woman Lawyer list for 2022 and 2023

We congratulate Tara on once again being named in NZ Lawyer’s list of Elite Women of 2023. 

In the words of NZ Lawyer: This year’s Elite Women not only excelled in diverse areas of law and carved out unique career paths, their dedication to uplifting others and advocating for worthwhile causes has inspired colleagues and created new benchmarks. 

Read the article here:  https://www.thelawyermag.com/n...