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Elaine Gray

Elaine is partner and head of Carey Olsen's Guernsey dispute resolution and litigation team and is also deputy managing partner of Carey Olsen in Guernsey. She advises clients on commercial and trust litigation, and on employment, data protection, regulatory, competition and intellectual property matters. She is recognised as a leading lawyer in these fields and appears regularly in courts and tribunals at all levels in Guernsey. Elaine is immediate-past President of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Chancery Bar Association. She was previously appointed to the Population Employment Advisory Panel as representative of Guernsey's financial service industry. Elaine was also appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Civil Litigation to the Guernsey Bar from 2018 to 2022. Elaine is a Certified International Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). · Carey Olsen

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About

Elaine Gray is a partner at Carey Olsen, head of the firm's Guernsey dispute resolution and litigation team and deputy managing partner of the Guernsey office. She advises on commercial and trust litigation and on employment, data protection, regulatory, competition and intellectual property matters, appears regularly in Guernsey courts and tribunals, and is recognised as a leading lawyer in these fields.

Practice areas

LitigationTrustsEmploymentRegulatoryData Protection & PrivacyCompetitionIntellectual PropertyTax

Office

Expertise

Commercial LitigationTrust LitigationEmployment (Offshore)Data Protection & Privacy (CIPP/E)Regulatory & White-collarCompetitionIntellectual PropertyTaxation & Economic Substance

Admissions

  • Qualified as a Scottish solicitor and notary public (1995)
  • Admitted as an attorney-at-law (Cayman Islands, 2003)
  • Qualified as a solicitor in England (2008)
  • Admitted as an advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey (2009)
  • Advocate of the Supreme Court of Saint Helena (2025)
  • Registered Image Rights, Trademark and Patent Agent
  • Certified International Privacy Professional (CIPP/E)

Languages

French