Morgan Hayes is a corporate partner based in New York. Mr. Hayes is a member of the firm’s Finance, Capital Markets and Private Equity Groups. His practice covers a broad range of financings, including fund finance transactions. Mr. Hayes regularly represents private equity firms, issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities and counsels public and private companies on disclosure, corporate governance and general corporate matters. Mr. Hayes is recommended by The Legal 500 US (2025) for his capital markets practice. His recent experience includes acting for clients such as Providence Equity Partners, KKR, Morgan Stanley, Carlyle, Kelso & Company, DoubleVerify, Verizon and Cornerstone Building Brands.
Prior to joining Debevoise in 2010, Mr. Hayes was an associate at an international law firm in Palo Alto, California from 2007 through 2010. Mr. Hayes received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2007 and a B.A. from Cornell University in 2002. He was admitted to the bar in California in 2008 and New York in 2012.
Mr. Hayes’ articles include “SEC's Crypto Statement Offers Clarity On Disclosures,” Law360 (May, 2025); “Debt Finance 2025,” Chambers & Partners Practice Guides (April, 2025); “How Cos. Can Prepare Now For SEC E-Filing System Changes,” Law360 (February, 2025); “Equity Finance in the USA 2024 – Trends and Developments,” Chambers and Partners (October, 2024); “SEC Charges Now Suspended Auditor BF Borgers with Massive Fraud Affecting More Than 1,500 SEC Filings,” Insights - The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor (July, 2024); “BF Borgers Clients Should Review Compliance, Liability,” Law360 (May, 2024); “Debevoise Discusses Fifth Circuit Decision on Fixing Share Repurchase Rules,” CLS Blue Sky Blog (November, 2023); “Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses SEC’s Proposed SPAC Rules and Investment Banks,” CLS Blue Sky Blog (May, 2022); “Rumblings of Unicorn Stampede to Market Start to Appear,” The Deal (February, 2019) and “Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses Developments in the Enforcement of Token Sales,” CLS Blue Sky Blog (November, 2017).