
Linklaters LLP
Lawyers

Maddy Hayes
- Phone+1 212 903 9380
- Email[email protected]
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.