Ryan advises clients in complex commercial and corporate disputes, across a range of industries.

Ryan advises clients in complex commercial and corporate disputes, across a wide range of industries, including the agricultural, property, pharmaceutical, fin-tech and family business sectors, with particular expertise in contract disputes, shareholder oppression actions, and on crisis, risk and reputation management. Ryan has particular expertise in fraud litigation, and is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce FraudNet. Ryan also regularly advises clients on sanctions compliance and enforcement.

Relevant Experience

  • Regularly acting for a large fin-tech group in its commercial disputes, including multi-million euro arbitration proceedings.
  • Acting for a multinational pharmaceutical manufacturer in judicial review proceedings against HPRA, challenging the grant of a marketing authorisation to a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer.
  • Regularly acting for a large generic pharmaceutical manufacturer in its contractual and commercial disputes.
  • Regularly acting for clients, across a variety of sectors, in multi-million euro shareholder disputes both at mediation and before the Commercial Court, including shareholder fraud.
  • Regularly acting for a range of clients including foreign states, companies and individuals, in dealing with mutual legal assistance actions and dawn raids.
  • Acting for a defendant in respect of the multi-billion euro German alleged “cum-ex” fraud investigations and prosecutions.
  • Acting for defendants in respect of the multi-billion euro German alleged “Dolphin Trust” Ponzi Scheme.
  • Regularly acting for clients in cyber-fraud recovery cases, including payment redirection and hacking frauds.
  • Regularly acting for clients in internal fraud investigations and litigation, including employee fraud.
  • Regularly acting for clients in crisis situations and injunctive proceedings, including advising a major beef processer on managing the national beef protests and the widespread blockading of meat processing factories across the state.

Endorsements

“Ryan Ferry is an extraordinarily shrewd, smart & strategic thinker. His capacity to manage a very large work load is enviable. He is deeply passionate about his work and completely outcome focussed.”
The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2022

“The partner we deal with, Ryan Ferry, gives amazing attention to our company whether it’s day, evening or night. He has a great knowledge of the Pharma and Life sciences industry that we are in. They always give a clear answer and a clear roadmap.”
The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2022


Education & Qualifications

  • LLB, 2008, University of Dublin, Trinity College
  • Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 2011