Nick Grant

Legal Director

Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution

T: 020 7465 4336 Email Nick Grant

Nick is a solicitor in the Dispute Resolution department.

He has experience of a variety of contentious disputes. In particular, he specialises in defamation and privacy law, and provides reputational advice to clients faced with hostile media attention, both in traditional media and online.

Nick read History at The University of Exeter.

Qualified in 2014, joined Payne Hicks Beach in 2017, promoted to senior associate then Legal Director.

"Nick Grant is completely across the details, and his commercial nous is exceptional. He is a delight to work with." The Legal 500 UK 2025

"Nick Grant – a leading partner of the future in this field. Highly respected, extremely hardworking, super bright and very pleasant to deal with.’ The Legal 500 UK 2025

"An exceptional lawyer, he is responsive, thoughtful, thorough and extremely knowledgeable. Nick's intellect, judgement, integrity and empathy make him a trusted adviser indispensable in a crisis." Chambers UK Guide 2025

"He is extremely knowledgeable, capable of absorbing fact-heavy briefs and providing clear advice on strategy." Chambers UK Guide 2025

Awards & Accolades

Chambers UK Guide 2025 ranks Nick Grant as an ‘Associate to Watch’ for ‘Defamation/Reputation Management (UK-wide)’.

The Legal 500 UK 2025 ranks Nick Grant as a ‘Leading Associate’ for the ‘Reputation Management’ category.

Nick appears in the Spear’s Reputation Management Index 2023 and Spear’s 500 2023 as a “Recommended Reputation Lawyer”.

Recent Insights

Articles & speaking engagements

Payne Hicks Beach reputation and privacy lawyers listed in The Spear’s Reputation Indices 2025

February 05, 2025

Dominic Crossley, Hanna Basha, Andrew Willan, Nick Grant

The 2025 Spear’s Reputation Indices profiling the best reputation lawyers and managers advising hi...

LexisNexis: Continuing online publication and the public interest defence (Lachaux v Independent Print and another)

July 27, 2021

Nick Grant, Hanna Basha

Article by Nick Grant, Senior Associate specialising in privacy and media law in the Dispute Resolut...

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Nick Grant

Awards & Accolades

Recent Insights

Payne Hicks Beach reputation and privacy lawyers listed in The Spear’s Reputation Indices 2025

Victory for Nick Hargrave in Davidoff & Ors v Hargrave.

Articles & speaking engagements

Payne Hicks Beach reputation and privacy lawyers listed in The Spear’s Reputation Indices 2025

Victory for Nick Hargrave in Davidoff & Ors v Hargrave.

Does your client have a right to privacy over tax investigations?

The changing privacy of sports stars – Hanna Basha writes for the Times

LexisNexis: Continuing online publication and the public interest defence (Lachaux v Independent Print and another)

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