Ryan is a Partner in the M&A and Private Capital groups. Ryan advises some of the largest and most sophisticated global private equity firms and large-cap public companies on high-profile cross-border and U.S. M&A transactions. Ryan regularly advises clients on complex mergers, take-private acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, carve-out transactions and strategic joint ventures. Ryan also advises companies and their boards on unsolicited offers, activism defense and on corporate matters impacting strategy and crisis management.
Ryan has led some of the largest and most important private equity and M&A transactions. His representative clients include Apollo Global Management, EQT, Global Infrastructure Partners, General Atlantic, Roark, Searchlight, Oak Hill Capital, Gamut, Ara, Redwood, Qualcomm, Honeywell International, Softbank Vision Fund, ADT, Dana Incorporated, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Destination XL Group, Benchmark Capital, Carnival Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, MacAndrews & Forbes and Fortress Investment Group.
Ryan has been named a “Next Generation Lawyer” by Lawdragon 500 X and a “Rising Star” in Mergers and Acquisitions by Super Lawyers 2025.
Ryan holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a Certificate in Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ryan was the Managing Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law.
Ryan served as the inaugural chair of the Advisory Board of the New York Legal Assistance Group.
- Apollo Global Management in its $43bn stock-for-stock merger with Athene.
- Apollo Global Management in its $2.2bn take-private acquisition of Diamond Resorts International.
- Apollo Global Management in its $1.6bn take-private acquisition of Outerwall, Inc. (n/k/a Coinstar).
- Apollo Global Management in its $1bn take-private acquisition of Vectra (f/k/a OM Group).
- Apollo Global Management in its investment in The New Home Company.
- Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of Cardenas Markets.
- Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of El Rancho Supermercado.
- Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of Tony’s Finer Foods.
- Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of The Accent Family of Companies.
- Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of Smart Start.
- Apollo Global Management in its sale of Vacuumschmelze to Ara Partners.
- Apollo Global Management in its $991m investments in a joint venture with Sony Music Group, an affiliate of Sony Group Corporation, in connection with its purchase of a portfolio of legendary music assets.
- Apollo Global Management portfolio company ADT Inc. in its $381m acquisition of Defenders Inc.
- Apollo Global Management portfolio company Redbox in its combination with Seaport Global Acquisition Corp., a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company.
- Apollo Global Management global alternative asset manager MidCap Financial in its $3.6bn acquisition of loans managed by Mubadala GE Capital, a joint venture lending business between General Electric Capital Corporation and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Development Company.
- Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of Phoenix Services.
- Apollo Global Management in its investment in Cimpress.
- Apollo Global Management in its investment in U.S. Acute Care Solutions.
- Apollo Global Management in its investment in Express Energy.
- Honeywell International in the spin-off of its $1.37bn turbochargers business into a separate publicly traded company (Garrett Motion).
- Translate Bio in its $3.2bn sale to Sanofi.
- General Atlantic, in the sale of its portfolio company EN Engineering to Kohlberg & Company.
- Roark Capital Group portfolio company Driven Brands in its acquisition of International Car Wash Group.
- Roark Capital Group in its acquisition of Great Expressions Dental Centers.
- Searchlight Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including in its acquisition, alongside ForgeLight, of a majority stake in Univision.
- Gamut Capital Management and its portfolio companies in various matters, including JPW Industries in its acquisition of Baileigh Industrial Holdings.
- Oak Hill Capital Partners in its acquisition of Charter Nex.
- Clear Secure, Inc. in its $470m initial public offering, lead managed by Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Allen & Co and Wells Fargo Securities.
- Fortress Principals in connection with the sale of Fortress Investment Group to SoftBank Group.
- Filament Brands, a portfolio company of Centre Partners, in its acquisition of Lifetime Brands.
- Grupo Salinas in its $2.5bn sale of Iusacell to AT&T.
- MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated and certain of its affiliates in the sale of its portfolio company, HUMVEE® manufacturer, AM General to KPS Capital Partners.
- South Mountain Merger Corporation, in its merger with Billtrust.
*This list includes work that Ryan completed while at a prior firm.
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