Withers LLP

Litigation and arbitration

Ryan is an associate in the dispute resolution team.

Ryan's practice spans the spectrum of commercial, civil fraud, asset recovery and insolvency. With a developing expertise in the field of professional negligence, Ryan has acted for a number of high-net-worth individuals and companies in their private disputes against law firms, successfully bringing matters to trial that include allegations of dishonest assistance, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence. Ryan was recently part of a team that successfully sued a well-known law firm for over £1.5m in damages, establishing findings of negligence in the Commercial Court.

Ryan also has a growing practice acting for clients engaged in high-net-worth family disputes and in conjunction with this, regularly advises on matters of asset recovery in foreign jurisdictions. Ryan was this year part of the team that successfully sued a foreign financier for over £3 million in damages on behalf of their client, a Switzerland based hedge fund.

With a range of experience in the field of civil litigation, dealing with the whole lifetime of the litigation cycle, Ryan's clients are entrepreneurs, high net worth individuals, financial institutions, art dealers and successful families, to name just a few.