Ellen L. HayesEllen L.Hayes
Professional Responsibility and Conflicts Counsel
Ellen Hayes is the Professional Responsibility and Conflicts Counsel in the firm’s Office of the General Counsel and is based in the firm’s New York office.
She advises the firm on a broad range of legal and risk management issues, including conflicts. Prior to assuming her current role, Ellen was a structured finance partner in the New York office of a major International law firm. She has over 25 years of diverse experience leading multi-jurisdictional teams in complex finance transactions. Earlier in her career, Ellen was Principal Counsel at International Finance Corporation, a World Bank Group member, where she advised on infrastructure and energy projects in emerging markets. Ellen has been recognized in The Legal 500 and the International Financial Law Review as a leading structured finance lawyer.
Advising Goldman Sachs in relation to its role in the restructuring of the $5 billion structured investment vehicle Whistlejacket Capital Ltd. (in receivership).
Advising various investment banks acting as arranger and placement agent in connection with cash, synthetic and hybrid CDO and CLO transactions.
- Finance – Structured Finance
Legal 500
- Capital Markets – Structured Finance and Securitization (Mentioned as a Leading Lawyer 2010)
IFLR 1000
Past member
New York City Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility
Past instructor
Ontario Bar Admission Course
- "Professional Responsibility in the Wake of a Pandemic," The New York City Bar Webcast, SpeakerFEBRUARY 24, 2021
- "Crisscrossing the Pond: Transatlantic Issues in Legal Ethics and Law Firm Regulation on Unravelling the Complexities of Cross-Border Conflicts of Interest," The Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales, SpeakerNOVEMBER 9, 2019