Banking & Financial Services

Our Banking & Financial Services team delivers innovative and pragmatic solutions for clients, advising on a wide range of financial transactions, regulatory and business matters in this dynamic sector.

Expertise

Our Banking & Financial Services team advises clients across the sector – from domestic and international banks and financial institutions to direct lenders, corporates, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the fintech industry and private individuals. We offer deep expertise in an extensive range of corporate and commercial banking transactions.

We act on lender side for the main pillar banks in Ireland along with a wide range of other funding providers. We act on borrower side for corporate borrowers dealing with the pillar banks and other funding providers, high net worth individuals and property developer/investor borrowers and others.

The team also works closely with the Hayes corporate, commercial, construction and property teams to provide a seamless service where transactions require financing input alongside other specialist advice on a combined and consolidated basis.

As part of a multi-diciplinary team including Hayes commercial and data protection specialists the team supports both established fintech providers and companies setting up new operations in Ireland including:

  • Cyber security
  • Data privacy
  • E-commerce
  • GDPR
  • Intellectual property
  • Payments
  • Procurement

Services

  • Acquisition / leveraged finance
  • Asset-based finance, invoice discounting, leasing and hire purchase
  • Commercial real estate investment and development finance
  • Debt sale and acquisition
  • Financial services regulation and compliance
  • Global corporate restructuring/refinancing
  • Receivables-based financing
  • Refinancings
  • Transaction restructuring
  • Security due diligence and reviews
‘Exceptionally responsive, hard working and reliable. Professional and capable and supportive. All of the team reflects the partner in terms of consistency of high-level service.’
Legal 500 2026
‘Tim Waghorn is exceptionally smart, capable and responsive. Great attitude to the inevitable issues that arise and in surmounting them in a very effective and professional manner.'
Legal 500 2026
‘Hayes Banking & Finance practice stands out for their genuinely commercial approach to legal advisory - not just telling you what you can't do but helping you to figure out how to get things done. They're genuinely collaborative and always available when needed.'
Legal 500 2026
‘Tim Waghorn is exceptional - super commercial, proactive and really knows our sector. He doesn't just answer questions, he anticipates the ones you should be asking.'
Legal 500 2026
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