Legal News (Banking & Financial Services)

Welcome to our Summer Newsletter, which we hope you find helpful and interesting. It has been a busy few months here at Hayes. We recently announced the promotion of two new partners – Áine Coghill in our Property department and Katy Meade in our Healthcare department.

Why do lawyers ask for documents to be signed, scanned and emailed in such a prescriptive way?

The Benchmarks Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 ("the Regulation") introduced a number of significant changes around benchmark rates to ensure the accuracy of European financial benchmarks. The Regulation came into effect across the EU on 1 January 2018.

The treatment of negative interest rates in market standard documentation remains a current topic in the climate of falling interest rates.

Hayes solicitors has again been recognised in the latest edition of leading international legal directory The Legal 500.