Richard Gray
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Richard Gray
Practice Areas
Richard’s main areas of practice are in corporate, corporate finance and projects work. He also advises a number of clients in relation to competition matters.
Career
Richard obtained a degree in Law at the Queen’s University, Belfast before being called to the Bar in Northern Ireland in 1989. He re-qualified as a Solicitor with the city of London firm, CMS Cameron McKenna. Richard returned to Northern Ireland in 1992 and was formerly a Partner in an international law practice. He joined Carson McDowell in 2014 as a Partner and heads up the firm’s Corporate team.
Professional Memberships
Richard is a member of the Institute of Directors and of the Law Societies of Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
Personal
Richard has been named as a "leader in the field" for corporate finance (and previously for banking and projects) in Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Professional for more than a decade and also in Chambers Guide to Europe.
Richard has also worked as an external course adviser at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies in Belfast in the area of company law.
Chambers Review
UK
Richard Gray is a foremost transactional practitioner, having advised on a number of complex and cross-border deals. He assists clients with M&A and other corporate finance concerns. Gray acts as head of the firm's corporate advisory and governance team.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard Gray gives sensible advice and is very collected, with a calming way of dealing with complex matters."
"He provides a high level of advice, acumen and oversight to the projects that we engage on."
"His guidance and knowledge have been invaluable. We were very impressed with Richard and could not rate him highly enough."
"Richard Gray gives sensible advice and is very collected, with a calming way of dealing with complex matters."
"He provides a high level of advice, acumen and oversight to the projects that we engage on."
"His guidance and knowledge have been invaluable. We were very impressed with Richard and could not rate him highly enough."