Craig Geraghty

Craig is a highly experienced corporate lawyer and Head of Corporate at O'Connors, with expertise in a broad range of high-value transactions. Craig advises a diverse client base, from start-ups to large companies, across a broad range of sectors on a wide array of corporate matters.

Craig's work includes:

• Mergers
• Acquisitions
• Disposals
• MBOs
• Debt and equity investments
• Business reorganisations and restructurings
• Joint ventures
• Corporate governance (shareholders’ agreements, articles of association, partnership agreements)
• Litigation funding

Craig joined us from global law firm Bedell Cristin where he handled significant offshore transactional work across multiple jurisdictions from their Jersey office. Craig’s offshore experience is particularly valuable in the context of the firm's investment fund and insurance work, and his litigation funding expertise is much in demand from our legal sector clients.

Recent Experience

• Advising the shareholders of LMF Energy services on their private equity investment from Soho Square Capital
• Advising the shareholders of N.S. Shipping on a majority sale to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT)
• Advising national law firm on its group restructure
• Advising the sole shareholder of Anthony Barnfather Solicitors on its sale to Richardson Lissack
• Advising Pogust Goodhead on multiple rounds of litigation funding
• Advising Express Solicitors on multiple law firm acquisitions
• Advising shareholders of a business operating in the water treatment and hygiene industry on its sale to a UK private equity group