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Freeths LLP Offices
Spires House
5700 Oxford Business Park South
OXFORD
OX4 2RW
England
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Philip Gray
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Philip specialises exclusively in commercial real estate matters and has a wide range of experience of all areas of non-contentious commercial property work. He has worked extensively for both landlords and tenants on all leasehold matters (particularly for offices; retail & industrial/warehouse units); handles complex investment sales & purchases; real estate finance; and has considerable experience in advising on the property elements of corporate acquisitions and disposals.
As an example of Philip’s experience in the acquisition of business property and its subsequent management, over the past 10 years Philip has acted for a particular business in growing its property portfolio from approximately 30 sites to 200 (comprising retail, warehouse and offices) across the UK. This has included leading the property team on individual and multi-site acquisitions; the leasehold management of those sites (work which involved the grant & taking assignments of leases; lease-re-gears; statutory lease renewals; property disputes; alterations and dilapidations); and their disposal.
Clients say that Philip is “consistently available and responsive to all and any advice or solutions that are required either of a technical or commercial nature” and that Philip makes “it his purpose to be totally conversant with every detail of his client’s portfolio and consequently the advice he gives is bespoke to its’ business; not merely generic”
Career
Qualified 2001 – 2007 Penningtons LLP
2007 – 2020 Thomas Eggar LLP / Irwin Mitchell LLP (Partner from 2014)
2020 – date Freeths LLP (Partner)
Memberships
Law Society
Education
University of Wales, Aberystwyth (LLB Law & French 2:1)
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
(Leading individuals)Freeths LLP’s Oxford-based multi-disciplinary commercial property offering undertakes commercial development work for long-standing corporate clients, alongside representing national operators in the logistics and industrial sector, and fostering a growing specialism in transactions arising out of the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Experienced real estate practitioner Patrick Whetter leads the team, and is praised as ‘capable, knowledgeable and approachable’. Philip Gray is a specialist when it comes to acting for occupiers and advising on the property elements of corporate work. Laura Brown is another important port of call within the department.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40 South East > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery