She counsels clients throughout the transaction lifecycle, including on employment- and benefits-related due diligence, transaction structuring, risk allocation and the negotiation of purchase agreements and ancillary arrangements. Her experience spans strategic acquisitions and divestitures, private equity transactions and other significant corporate combinations across a range of industries, including infrastructure, energy and power, telecommunications, aviation, water, technology and consumer products. She has advised both buyers and sellers, as well as financial sponsors and their portfolio companies, on the workforce and compensation issues central to executing transactions and achieving a successful transition.
Hayde also advises boards, management teams and employers on the design, negotiation and implementation of employment, separation, retention, restrictive covenant and change-in-control arrangements, as well as on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters. Her practice includes developing and implementing strategies for the retention and integration of key employees, addressing compensation and benefits liabilities, and navigating sensitive executive and workforce issues arising before, during and after a transaction. She brings a practical, commercially focused approach to structuring arrangements that align the interests of companies, investors and senior executives.
Hayde is a native Portuguese speaker.
