Rob Carr is an English law partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Real Estate and Finance Practice Groups.

Rob advises lenders and borrowers across the market on real estate backed financing transactions in the UK and continental Europe acting for investment banks, private equity funds and other alternative lenders and has particular expertise in representing private equity and other top tier sponsors on their borrowing transactions. He has advised on a wide variety of real estate financings spanning the last decade including loan originations, debt trades and restructurings.

Rob is ranked by The Legal 500 UK 2024 as a “Leading Individual” for Real Estate Property Finance and recognized for Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment. He is also ranked by Chambers UK 2024 for Real Estate Finance and has been recently named to The Lawyer's Hot 100 2024 list, which recognizes “the UK's most adventurous, most innovative and most dynamic lawyers." He was also recognized in Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers” in 2024.

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Credentials

Education:
  • University of Glasgow - 2003 Legal Practice Course
  • University of Glasgow - 2002 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Admissions:
  • England & Wales - Solicitor - Registered Foreign Lawyer
  • Scotland - Scotland - Solicitor