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Ryan Byrne

Ryan Byrne

Senior Associate

Senior Associate
Ryan Byrne

Ryan Byrne is a solicitor-advocate and advises clients on a broad range of complex, high-value and strategically significant commercial disputes and contentious regulatory matters. His clients include corporates, financial institutions, private equity funds, and high-net worth individuals.

  • Representing a FTSE 100 telecommunications company in the High Court and Court of Appeal in relation to complex anti-competitive collusion and breach of contract claims involving multiple defendants.
  • Advising a financial services firm in connection with litigious, regulatory, insurance, corporate and restructuring matters arising from the high profile collapse of a major UK retail investment fund.
  • Representing a Premier League football club in disciplinary proceedings relating to alleged breaches of the Premier League rules.
  • Advising a major global bank on its defence of a high-value group action brought by shareholders 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 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 a shareholder dispute concerning a joint venture holding valuable real estate in Russia.
  • Advising an Icelandic bank in connection with claims arising from the Icelandic banking crisis.
  • Representing a major European private equity firm on its defence of claims arising from the collapse of a Greek telecommunications operator
  • Advising various firms in the financial services sector on regulatory investigations involving the Financial Conduct Authority.

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Career and 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