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.
- Advising a FTSE 100 telecommunications company in relation to complex anti-competitive collusion and breach of contract claims involving multiple defendants.
- 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 various firms in the financial services sector on regulatory investigations involving the Financial Conduct Authority.
- Advising a payment services firm on allegations of breach of a Quincecare duty of care.
- Advising a high net worth individual in proceedings relating to the valuation of shares and unpaid dividends in a Middle Eastern advertising and media business.
- Advising a high net worth individual in a shareholder dispute concerning a joint venture holding valuable real estate in Russia.
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Career and qualifications
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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
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Member of the Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA)