Grainne Fahy > Keystone Law > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Keystone Law Offices
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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Grainne Fahy
Work Department
Family and Divorce
Position
Grainne is a highly experienced divorce and family lawyer who represents married and unmarried medium-to-high-net-worth individuals going through separation or divorce. She also provides advice and assistance to those wishing to enter into nuptial agreements.
Many of Grainne’s cases involve an international element: overseas assets, pensions, property structures such as usufructs, employment, and parties who live abroad or wish to relocate to another jurisdiction.
Her clients include business professionals, those in the public eye, heads of international corporations, British nobility and ‘silver separators’.
Grainne also has an extensive network of financial advisors, wealth managers, pension experts, forensic accountants, tax experts, private investigators and lawyers in multiple jurisdictions who she frequently works alongside.
Career
Grainne qualified as a solicitor in 2005. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2023, she worked at the following firms:
- Clyde and Co
- Hanne & Co
Memberships
‘‘A very experienced family lawyer. There is simply no issue that is too difficult for her.’’
The Legal 500 2023
‘‘Grainne is an outstanding lawyer … tough but empathetic and knows her stuff.’’
The Legal 500 2023
‘‘Experienced and well-regarded’’
The Legal 500 2022
‘‘Experienced, considerate and empathetic’’
The Legal 500 2021
‘‘Quickly grasps the issues, thoroughly analyses the information and looks for practical and cost-effective solutions for her clients.”
The Legal 500 2020
Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
Accredited by Resolution as a specialist family lawyer with particular specialisms in Private Law Children and Advanced Financial Provision 1
Resolution qualified mediator
Shortlisted for Partner of the Year at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2021
Member of the Cooperation Ireland Committee (CIC) and Vice Chair of the Legal Dinner
Member of the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
The family department at Keystone Law ‘is hugely experienced and it has drawn well-known practitioners from magic circle firms and built an impressive team of brilliant and expert family specialists’. Among its leading lights are Susan Apthorp, Claire O’Flinn, and Carolyn Bottomley. The group often advises high-profile and celebrity clients, and through Richard Collins, it also offers niche expertise in cases involving addiction, bipolar depression, and behavioural difficulties. Notable new arrivals include Laura Brown, who joined the practice from Ketley Miller Joels Ltd in April 2023, and Grainne Fahy – ‘a superb family lawyer‘ – who joined the group from Clyde & Co in June 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Private client > Court of protection
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Travel
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline