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Clifford Chance
Ryan Byrne

Ryan Byrne

Senior Associate

Senior Associate
Ryan Byrne

Ryan Byrne specialises in commercial litigation, and acts for financial institutions and corporates on complex, high-value and strategically significant disputes. He has particular expertise in group litigation, class actions and competition litigation, and experience of contentious regulatory matters.

 Commercial Litigation 

  • Representing Link Fund Solutions Limited in group claims brought by thousands of investors in the Woodford Equity Income Fund, including the related scheme of arrangement, insurance, corporate and restructuring matters.
  • Advising a FTSE-listed company in respect of shareholder claims under sections 90 and 90A FSMA 2000.
  • Advising a payment services firm on allegations of breach of a Quincecare duty of care.
  • Representing a high net worth individual in Commercial Court proceedings relating to the valuation of shares and unpaid dividends in a Middle Eastern advertising and media business.
  • Representing a high net worth individual in Commercial Court proceedings relating to a shareholder dispute concerning a joint venture holding valuable real estate in Russia.
  • Advising Kaupthing on Commercial Court proceedings brought by Robert Tchenguiz arising from the Icelandic banking crisis.
  • Representing Apax Partners in High Court proceedings brought by the Joint Liquidators of Hellas Telecommunications under section 423 IA 1986.
  • Representing News Group Newspapers in the High Court phone hacking litigation.
     

Competition Litigation

  • Representing EE in the High Court and Court of Appeal in claims brought by the Joint Administrators of Phones 4U alleging breaches of Article 101/Chapter I and contractual duties of good faith.
  • Representing Barclays in claims brought by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on behalf of a large number of closed US banks alleging breaches of Article 101/Chapter I arising from the alleged manipulation of USD LIBOR.
  • Advising various businesses on potential competition law disputes and compliance issues.
     

Contentious Regulatory

  • Representing a Premier League football club in disciplinary proceedings relating to alleged breaches of the Premier League rules.
  • Representing Link Fund Solutions Limited in the Financial Conduct Authority’s investigation into the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income Fund.
  • Advising various firms in the financial services sector on regulatory investigations involving the Financial Conduct Authority.

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Career & qualifications

  • University of Bristol (LLB) 2015
  • Joined Clifford Chance 2016
  • Seconded to Barclays Funds & Investment Management 2017
  • Seconded to the Chancery Division of the High Court (Judicial Assistant) 2017
  • Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2018
  • Solicitor-Advocate 2021

Professional bodies

  • Member of the Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA)

Awards and citations

  • Competition & Regulatory Team of the Year at the Lawyer Awards 2024