Bankside Singapore has elevated its expertise with the addition of two leading silks, Dr Andrew Butler KC and Kelly Quinn KC, while also appointing internationally renowned barristers’ clerk ‘The Law’s Middleman’ David Grief as an independent coordinator for the group in Singapore.
“Kelly Quinn KC and Andrew Butler KC are leaders in their respective fields, and highly skilled dispute resolution specialists,” says Bankside Singapore member Hon Paul Heath KC. “Their experience enhances the services that Bankside Singapore can offer to the Asia-Pacific region.”
Butler joined Bankside Chambers and Bankside Singapore on April 1, 2025. He is a leading commercial silk known for his expertise in complex commercial, regulatory, trusts, and relationship property disputes.
His extensive trial, appellate, and ADR portfolio includes cross-border tax, economic regulation, competition, contracts, trusts, insolvency, and securities law disputes. Clients include major banks, utilities, healthcare and transport service providers, and high-net-worth families.
Quinn is among New Zealand’s top specialists in construction disputes and also practices general commercial litigation. He has more than 30 years’ experience, including nine years based in Hong Kong working on building and infrastructure disputes throughout Asia.
His infrastructure experience includes disputes involving container ports, roads and motorways, water storage/supply, and energy.
Singapore-based David Grief – in the dispute resolution business and with more than 50 years’ experience as a mentor, adviser, and connector of barristers – has been appointed as the group’s independent coordinator.
Grief spent 50 years as one of the first-generation modern senior clerks at the English Commercial Bar. Since establishing David Grief International Consultancy (DGIC) in 2021, he has strengthened his global network of lawyers and other professional advisers, working with lawyers on both their personal and professional development. His clients include silks, leading individuals, and talented juniors from the UK, Australia, Singapore, India, Malaysia, and Pakistan.
“David’s expertise in connecting the right lawyer with the right case is evident from his stellar career in both London and Singapore,” said Hon Paul Heath KC. “We, at Bankside Singapore, are thrilled to have David’s support as our Singapore coordinator.”
Through this collaborative arrangement, Grief will continue to operate independently through DGIC.
“I am delighted to collaborate with Bankside Singapore,” said Grief. “Having spent five decades helping lawyers find the right legal talent for their cases, I see tremendous opportunity in bridging Bankside’s world-class dispute resolution specialists with solicitors and clients across the Asia-Pacific region.”
Since its launch in November 2022, Bankside Singapore has remained the first and only New Zealand group of expert international arbitrators, adjudicators, mediators, and advocates, committed to an enduring presence in Singapore.
The group has extensive experience in resolving highly complex cross-border disputes and an understanding of Asian culture and the Asia-Pacific legal landscape.
It has demonstrated its dedication to the region by having two permanent lawyers operating out of its Singapore office at Maxwell Chambers – Bankside Barristers Karen Chow and Rina See – and supporting local educational programmes offered by the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.
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