Hayes Solicitors LLP offers advisory services to both lenders and borrowers across a range of sectors, including the construction, automotive, and healthcare spaces. The practice is led by Tim Waghorn, who advises on the structuring and execution of a wide variety of financing transactions, such as corporate debt facilities, property acquisitions, and bridging finance arrangements.
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Testimonials
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- ‘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.’
- ‘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.'
- ‘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.'
- ‘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.'
- 'James Griffin is responsive and thinks beyond just the legal issues to what actually makes sense commercially.’
Key clients
- IIU Nominees Limited
- The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.
- HBFI
- InvoiceFair Limited (t/a Financefair)
- Grenke Invoice Finance
- Trend Technologies Group
- Ditton Investments Limited / Fitzditton Limited
- Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Limited
- Novellus Finance Ireland
- Tullamore Credit Union Limited
Work highlights
Advised InvoiceFair Limited (t/a Financefair) on arrangements to expand its offering of development finance projects through funding provided by LCM Partners.
Advising IIU Nominees Limited on an ongoing basis in relation to bridging debt and loan note funding arrangements for an investment in a pharmaceutical investee company developing a novel treatment for rare genetic disorders.
Advised The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland in relation to loan facilities (total value c. €73m) to multiple professional services firms supporting (i) working capital, (ii) property refurbishment and (iii) partnership costs.
Practice head
Tim Waghorn
Other key lawyers
James Griffin; David Connell