The Delaware Court of Chancery on Monday awarded a total of $8 million in attorney fees and expenses to Grant & Eisenhofer, the Wilmington-based firm that persuaded the court that Dell Inc.’s $24.4 billion going-private sale had shortchanged investors by nearly 30 percent.

The award breaks down almost evenly between the two categories, as Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster approved $4,007,462 in expenses and up to $4,043,705 in attorney fees for the firm, which represented 10 of 13 claimants seeking appraisal for their shares in Michael Dell’s computer technology company.