Corporate

Our highly experienced Corporate team delivers an insightful, business-focused transactional and advisory service.

Expertise

We are trusted business advisers to a diverse range of clients, including leading Irish and multinational businesses, private equity, fast-growing businesses, public sector entities, financial institutions, and charities. We build long-term client relationships, gaining a thorough understanding of client needs. Senior lawyers lead talented client teams focused on delivering, strategic, pragmatic advice.

Our full range of corporate legal services encompasses mergers and acquisitions, disposals, fundraisings, transactional support, corporate re-organisations and business transfers, outsourcing and restructurings, joint ventures, partnerships, shareholder agreements, regulatory advice, company formations and related company secretarial support, corporate governance and a broad range of corporate law advisory matters.

Our corporate restructuring work includes advising groups on business transfers and divestments, domestic and cross-border mergers, redomiciliations, group reorganisations and outsourcing arrangements. We advise clients on establishing an Irish presence, increasing or decreasing an Irish-based workforce, and reassigning roles and responsibilities.

Services

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Domestic and cross-border acquisitions and disposals
    • Due diligence and legal risk assessment
    • Competitive sale processes
  • Joint Ventures and Shareholder Arrangements
    • Joint venture arrangements and partnerships
    • Shareholder agreements
    • Advice to minority holders
    • Exit strategies and dispute resolution
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
    • Corporate advice to PE firms and family offices
    • Growth equity and venture debt investments
    • Management buyouts and buy-ins
    • Portfolio sales and acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance and Advisory
    • Advice to boards and shareholders
    • Compliance with governance codes and policies
    • Employee share participation
    • Advice on company law, partnership law and other business structures
  • Corporate Reorganisations
    • Group reorganisations and outsourcing arrangements
    • Cross-border and domestic mergers, spin-outs and migrations/conversions
    • Solvent and insolvent restructuring
    • Schemes of arrangement
  • International Establishment
    • Establishment in Ireland
    • Corporate immigration advice
    • Foreign direct investment and inward investment advice
    • Supporting multinational groups in Ireland
‘The Hayes Corporate team are practical and commercially focused.’
Legal 500 2026
‘Ken Casey and the team are excellent to work with - very responsive, knowledgeable and adaptable to changing deals.’
Legal 500 2026
‘The experience was first class from the initial introductory meeting right through to the post deal queries. We felt that any query, question or concern was dealt with efficiently and quickly. At all times we felt that we were in safe hands and our interests were being protected. The ability to be able to have the support of other departments within Hayes made the process very seamless.’
Legal 500 2026
‘Having utilised a variety of the firm's service offerings, I can say they are consistently excellent. Fast, practical advice and solutions. Highly responsive and genuinely lovely people to deal with. Quality service by great collaborators. In particular, their ability to find practical solutions to a variety of legal challenges is market leading. Their inclusive culture radiates in all meetings with them.’
Legal 500 2026
‘Knowledge and personality. They are real people finding real solutions. It's a given they have the legal knowledge but their attention to detail, how they embrace a challenge and find creative solutions is highly valuable.’
Legal 500 2026
"Ken is very knowledgeable and solution-oriented."
Chambers and Partners 2025
"When Ken speaks, everyone listens. We know we are in safe hands."
Chambers and Partners 2025
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