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Elizabeth P. Gray

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2010
  • Recognized in:
    Litigation - Securities
    Securities Regulation
  • Law School:
    Dartmouth College
  • Website:
    http://www.willkie.com
  • Location:
    1875 K Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20006-1238
"Liz is professional, resourceful, coordinated, knowledgeable, responsive, flexible, and above all sensitive and caring. She has a friendly disposition, is always cheerful, and goes the extra mile to find appropriate solutions to business problems. She is able to rope in, at very short notice, additional partners to weigh in on discussions that go beyond her field of expertise."

-Sammy Medora (KPMG India), Mumbai

"Liz is a great communicator with very strong people skills and really cares about her clients and their issues. She works hard to understand things from the client's perspective. She is very responsive and a pleasure to work with."
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Lawyer Bio

Elizabeth P. Gray is a partner in the Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the Securities Enforcement Practice Group. Elizabeth is nationally recognized in the area of securities regulation and enforcement, with significant experience in asset management, broker-dealer, cybersecurity, FCPA and accounting matters. She represents investment advisers, investment companies and their boards, broker-dealers, accounting firms and other institutions and senior executives facing investigation, litigation and examination by financial regulators. Elizabeth represents boards of directors and trustees in conducting independent internal investigations and advises them on corporate governance matters, including cybersecurity risk and regulation.

In addition to more than 15 years of private sector experience, Elizabeth formerly served for 12 years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including as Assistant Director in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement and as counsel to SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt.

Elizabeth is recognized nationally among the leading individuals practicing in the area of Securities Regulation: Enforcement in Chambers USA (2010-2017) and Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement) in Chambers USA (2014-2017).

In 2016, Law360 named Elizabeth among the 25 Most Influential Women in Securities Law, an elite list including current and former senior regulators and private practitioners who have achieved impressive success in securities litigation and enforcement. In 2017, she was selected to serve on Law360’s Securities Editorial Advisory Board. Additionally, she received the Women of Influence Award in Securities/Capital Markets Law in 2017 by Best Lawyers and the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law.

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Education:

  • Dartmouth College, BA, graduated 1980

Bar Admissions:

  • New York
  • District of Columbia

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Litigation - Securities
  • Securities Regulation
 

Attorney Client Comments

"Liz is professional, resourceful, coordinated, knowledgeable, responsive, flexible, and above all sensitive and caring. She has a friendly disposition, is always cheerful, and goes the extra mile to find appropriate solutions to business problems. She is able to rope in, at very short notice, additional partners to weigh in on discussions that go beyond her field of expertise."

Sammy Medora, KPMG India, Mumbai

"Liz is a great communicator with very strong people skills and really cares about her clients and their issues. She works hard to understand things from the client's perspective. She is very responsive and a pleasure to work with."

Firm Details

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
http://www.willkie.com
 
Headquarters
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019-6099
(212) 728.8000
9 Office Locations
in 6 Countries

Belgium

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Brussels, Belgium

Avenue Louise, 480 / 3B

Brussels 1050

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32 2 290 1820

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Paris, France

21-23 rue de la Ville l'Evêque

Paris 75008

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33 1 53 43 45 00

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Frankfurt/Main, Germany

An der Welle 4

Frankfurt/Main 60322

Germany

49 69 79302 0

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Milan, Italy

Via Michele Barozzi, 2

Milan 20122

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39 02 76363 1

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Via di Ripetta, 142

Rome 00186

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39 06 686 361

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London, United Kingdom

City Point

One Ropemaker Street

London EC2Y 9HT

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44 20 7696 5454

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District of Columbia

Washington, DC

1875 K Street, NW

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Houston, TX

600 Travis Street, Suite 2310

Houston, TX 77002

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