Ryan is a partner of Ropes & Gray in the government enforcement group. Ryan has extensive international legal experience with criminal, civil, and regulatory matters for companies and individuals. He has successfully litigated criminal and civil matters through trial.

Ryan routinely assists clients around the world on legal matters including internal investigations, securities fraud, anti-corruption compliance, merger and acquisition due diligence, data privacy and security, cross-border civil disputes, international arbitration, class actions, corporate restructuring litigation, and general business litigation. Ryan has assisted clients in a variety of industries, including technology, private equity, financial services and banking, pharmaceutical and medical device, durable goods manufacturing, mass media, petrochemical manufacturing and distribution, and shipping.

Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Ryan served as a Senior Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Fraud Section. Based in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, Ryan was part of a small group of federal prosecutors responsible for global enforcement of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In that role, he successfully led numerous investigations into alleged criminal violations of the FCPA by major corporations and individuals. Ryan worked extensively with foreign and domestic law enforcement, as well as civil regulators including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Also while at the DOJ, he prosecuted cases involving investment fraud, bank fraud, domestic bribery, and other complex white-collar crimes. Ryan understands deeply the issues that matter most to the criminal and civil authorities in investigating cases and determining whether to bring criminal charges or civil enforcement actions.

Before the DOJ, Ryan worked as a litigation attorney at a large international law firm in its Chicago and European offices.