Mary Geraghty > Keystone Law > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Keystone Law Offices
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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Mary Geraghty
Work Department
Commercial
Position
Mary is an experienced General Counsel who has held in-house roles with Starbucks Coffee Company, Arcadia Group (owner of the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and other high-street fashion brands) and Harrods Group (owner of Harrods department store and businesses which included Kurt Geiger shoes and Fulham Football Club).
She has considerable experience advising businesses expanding internationally (including in the USA, Italy and the UK) and has worked on a number of flagship retail developments.
With experience working within retail, fashion, food & beverage, and consumer goods businesses, Mary can step in to provide practical advice, leadership and support on a General Counsel-like basis, managing projects or simply providing an experienced pair of hands to support existing teams.
Career
Mary qualified as a solicitor in 1999. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2023, she worked at the following organisations
- Starbucks Coffee Company
- Arcadia Group
- Harrods Group (including Kurt Geiger & Fulham Football Club)
- Herbert Smith
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- 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
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant