Grant Sefton

The principal of Seftcorp Law, Grant Sefton, is an experienced practitioner in corporate and commercial law at a national and international level, having had in excess of 30 years’ experience in these fields in Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne. His clients include a host of leading public and private sector clients throughout Australia.

Until recently, Grant was a founding partner of the Newcastle office of the national legal firm Moray & Agnew Lawyers, where he was the national coordinator of its commercial law practice.

From 1990 Grant was partner-in-charge of the corporate and commercial practice of Hunt & Hunt in Newcastle, assisting to develop that practice into one of the larger corporate and commercial practices in the Hunter Valley. In 2006 he joined two other equity partners to establish the Newcastle office of Moray & Agnew.

After graduating in economics and law from the University of Sydney, Grant commenced his career as a sales engineer and then corporate solicitor with Alcoa at the time of the construction of the Portland Aluminium Smelter, which was then one of the largest infrastructure projects in Australia. These roles provided him with experience in the practical aspects of the commercial world and exposure to corporate and commercial law at the national and international levels.

Grant also worked as legal counsel for CRA Limited (now Rio Tinto), where he provided legal advice across a variety of areas including biotechnology, aluminum and resources.

Throughout his career, Grant has had significant involvement in legal matters that involved a range of commercial factors plus national and global corporate law considerations.

Grant acts for a wide range of large and smaller corporations and public institutions across a wide range of industries. He has a particular focus in:

• Capital Raisings
• Corporate and Commercial law
• Commercial Contracts
• Competition and Consumer law
• Information Technology
• Innovation Law
• Intellectual Property
• International Dealmaking and Transactions
• Joint Ventures
• Mergers & Acquisitions

From 2013 until 2021 Grant was the sole Australian ‘commercial law’ member of IR Global.

Grant previously served on its ‘Deal Makers’, ‘Commercial Law’ and ‘Asia Pacific’ steering committees. Regular attendance at IR Global conferences held throughout the world has equipped Grant with important international contacts and contemporary knowledge on international legal and other issues.

For many years Grant has been active in industry and community bodies in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. He is a founding director and immediate past Chair of Hunter iF, which facilitates and co-ordinates innovative enterprises in the Hunter Valley, as well as a founding director of its predecessor body, Hunter Founders Forum. He is also a founding director and immediate past chair of Hunter Angels, which invests in start-up and early-stage innovative enterprises, and is an experienced ‘angel’ investor.”

He was previously a long-standing member of HunterNet, a highly successful network of over 200 companies involved in national and international infrastructure and asset management, energy and resources, defence and advanced manufacturing supply chains.”

Grant was previously the Chairman and a long-standing director of Hunter Export Centre, a not-for-profit network of exporters, Government instrumentalities and international service providers based in the Hunter Valley, Australia. He was also a past President and committee member of Newcastle Business Club. 

Grant is the immediate past President and a current committee member of Adamstown Rosebud Tennis Club.

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