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Maddy Hayes

Maddy Hayes

Linklaters LLP, United States

Work Department

Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

Position

Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Associate

Career

Maddy focuses her practice on complex executive compensation and employee benefits matters in public and private mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. She is also experienced in drafting employment, restrictive covenants and severance agreements, and advising on incentive program design, implementation, and management. In 2025, Maddy was recognized as an Associate to Watch in New York Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation by Chambers and Partners. She also maintains an active pro bono practice and in 2024 was awarded a Cornerstone Award by Lawyers Alliance for New York.

Languages

Maddy is proficient in Spanish, having passed the CEREL Legal Spanish exam in 2021. At the University of Oxford, she was the Vice President of the Oxford Law Society and a Linklaters Access Law Ambassador.

Education

Maddy received her law degree at the University of Oxford (Jesus College) and obtained a Master’s in Law and Business Management from the University of Law (London).

Maddy is a dual-qualified lawyer licensed to practice in New York, England and Wales.

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