HAYES & WAYA LLP is an elite boutique law firm providing high-stakes corporate, dispute resolution, and private capital counsel for clients navigating consequential moments.
$5.8B+
Matters Advised
98.4%
Resolution Success
38
Jurisdictions
100%
Senior Attention
A Considered Point of View
Rigorous Advocacy · Institutional Discretion
We bring senior attention, commercial instinct, and an uncommonly clear way of working to every brief. No unnecessary layers. No legal theater. Just strategic, bespoke counsel built around your genuine commercial and personal objectives.
Partner Executive Briefing
David Hayes & Melissa Waya on the H&W Philosophy (1:45)
Your matter is strategized and led directly by named partners, not delegated down through layers of junior associates.
We measure legal victory in tangible commercial outcomes, preserving capital, deal momentum, and business relationships.
Uncompromising precision in drafting, advocacy, and evidence synthesis across domestic courts and international arbitral tribunals.
Strict confidentiality protocols and transparent conflict-of-interest checks protecting reputation and market position.
Specialized legal disciplines crafted for founders, institutional investors, and families navigating consequential turning points.
We advise founders, boards, and institutional investors through complex mergers, cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures, and capital raising with uncompromising commercial sharpness.
Representative Matters
"Advised a European tech conglomerate on a $720M cross-border US acquisition."
"Structured a $280M joint venture for clean energy infrastructure in the UK & Nordics."
"Guided a prominent founder through a multi-stage $150M recapitalisation."
Anonymized landmark mandates reflecting our multidisciplinary depth and multijurisdictional reach.
$720,000,000
Lead counsel to European technology consortium in acquisition of US semiconductor intellectual property assets under multi-agency regulatory clearance.
$420,000,000
Complete dismissal of high-value civil fraud and conspiracy claims brought against a sovereign-backed investor in the High Court of Justice.
$1,400,000,000
Comprehensive re-domiciliation and generational governance constitution across multiple discretionary trust instruments and private holding companies.
$185,000,000
Secured full arbitral award including compound interest and indemnification costs in a high-stakes gas pipeline concession dispute.
$500,000,000
Structured and secured multi-jurisdictional passporting for an institutional real estate debt platform under FCA and AIFMD frameworks.
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Independent investigation into cross-border procurement allegations for a publicly listed conglomerate, concluding with full exoneration and no statutory penalties.
A cohesive partnership combining relentless advocacy, commercial instinct, and decades of senior courtroom experience.
Commercial Litigation & Appellate Counsel
Cross-Border Disputes, High-Stakes Arbitration, Civil Fraud
Corporate Strategy & Private Capital
Cross-Border M&A, Family Office Structuring, Board Advisory
International Arbitration & Public Law
LCIA/ICC Arbitration, State Disputes, IP Governance
Financial Services & FinTech Regulatory
Digital Assets, AML/Sanctions Compliance, Fund Structuring
Considered legal perspectives on market transformations, cross-border regulation, and evolving litigation strategies.
How multi-jurisdictional merger control regimes (CFIUS, EU FDI, UK NSI Act) require restructured pre-closing risk allocation.
Protecting generational capital through dual-nexus trust instruments and proactive governance charters.
Tactical deployment of emergency arbitrator provisions under LCIA, SIAC, and ICC rules to secure disputed assets.
Why corporate directors must establish active AI oversight frameworks to satisfy standard of care expectations.
Tell us about the legal challenge or transaction ahead. We will conduct an immediate conflict check and respond with a senior counsel assessment.
All communications submitted through this intake channel are treated with institutional confidentiality and protected under legal professional privilege standards.
Operating across key financial and dispute resolution capitals to deliver swift, round-the-clock advisory.
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