Commercial & Business

Our Commercial & Business team provides clients with comprehensive legal support covering corporate and regulatory activities, transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation.

Expertise

We help clients meet the challenges and opportunities of today’s dynamic business environment.

Our clients include public bodies and state agencies, public and private corporations, multinationals, SMEs, banks and financial institutions, private equity houses and sole traders. We are long-standing advisers to some of Ireland’s leading corporations, along with start-up businesses who have grown to become strong corporate players.

We base our service on a thorough understanding of each client’s needs. Our team combines business insight with legal excellence to deliver practical and commercially aware solutions.

Services

  • Banking
  • Charities
  • Commercial litigation and dispute resolution
  • Competition and EU law
  • Debt recovery
  • Food, retail, hygiene, safety & labelling
  • Business establishment in Ireland
  • Company law
  • Corporate and Company Secretarial
  • Data Protection
  • Distribution, supply, agency, licensing & franchising agreements
  • Health & Safety
  • Insolvency and corporate recovery
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Pensions
  • Procurement
  • Shareholders, joint ventures and partnership agreements.
  • Intellectual property and information technology
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Product liability and public liability
  • Regulation
‘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
‘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
‘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
"Hayes solicitors provides clear advice and guidance and considers issues comprehensively having taken the time to understand our business and its values."
Chambers and Partners 2025
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