Led by the ‘practical and commercially focused’ David Phelan and Ken Casey, Hayes Solicitors LLP regularly advises long-term investors, entrepreneurs, family offices, sector consolidators and Irish and international businesses, delivering advice on mid-market M&A transactions. Praised as ’responsive, knowledgeable and adaptable’, Casey has deep corporate and M&A experience, frequently representing clients from a wide array of sectors, including financial services, media, tech, industrial and aviation infrastructure companies, while Phelan is a leading name within the sports, entertainment and media sectors, handling commercial and corporate mandates. Well versed in EU corporate and securities law is David Mangan, a frequent adviser on the buy-side and sell-side of transactions. Sabrina Burke is another key figure.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Hayes Corporate team are practical and commercially focused.’
- ‘Having utilised a variety of the firm's service offerings, I can say they are consistently excellent. Fast, practical advice and solutions. Highly responsive and genuinely lovely people to deal with. Quality service by great collaborators. In particular, their ability to find practical solutions to a variety of legal challenges is market leading. Their inclusive culture radiates in all meetings with them.’
- ‘Knowledge and personality. They are real people finding real solutions. It's a given they have the legal knowledge but their attention to detail, how they embrace a challenge and find creative solutions is highly valuable.’
- ‘Ken Casey and the team are excellent to work with - very responsive, knowledgeable and adaptable to changing deals.’
- ‘The experience was first class from the initial introductory meeting right through to the post deal queries. We felt that any query, question or concern was dealt with efficiently and quickly. At all times we felt that we were in safe hands and our interests were being protected. The ability to be able to have the support of other departments within Hayes made the process very seamless.’
Key clients
- Ailesbury Property Support Services Limited
- Apsleyford Limited
- Eiendomsspar AS
- Lagan Investments
- Mobility Mojo
- Supermacs
- TYPSA
- Bencis Capital Partners
- Critical Care Partners
- Donegal Investment Group PLC
- Level Health Limited
- Octostar Limited
Work highlights
Advised Eiendomsspar AS as part of a consortium with Pandox AS on the €1.4bn offer for Irish hotel group Dalata Hotel Group PLC.
Advised Irish investor IIU in relation to its equity investment in Datalex PLC and Tireragh on its loan capital repayment by Datalex.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Sabrina Burke
Practice head
David Phelan; Ken Casey
Other key lawyers
David Mangan; Sabrina Burke