Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Arbitration, Real Estate and Construction Disputes (ARC)

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Office Managing Partner - Miami

Ryan Reetz, the managing partner of the Miami office, is a board certified specialist in international litigation and arbitration. He draws upon his experience as both a U.S. trial lawyer and an international arbitration practitioner to provide clients with creative and effective advocacy across a wide range of tribunals. His international disputes practice focuses on cases involving one or more foreign companies, persons, or governments, as well as disputes involving other interests of foreign countries, such as enforcement of foreign judgments or arbitral awards, international discovery, and service of process abroad.  His practice also includes class actions, complex commercial litigation, and regulatory matters.  In addition to acting as counsel, he has served as an arbitrator in international commercial disputes.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Director, Kristi House, 2012-2018 Director, Fair Havens Center Foundation, 1997–2000 Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2009–2024; Lawyer of the Year, International Arbitration, Governmental (Miami), 2020-2023 Listed, "The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigation Lawyers," 2006, 2008–2013; "Who's Who Legal: Litigation" (renamed) 2014-2022 (Who's Who Legal, UK) Listed, WWL Thought Leaders: Litigation 2020, 2022 Listed, "Who's Who Legal: Arbitration," 2015-2023 (Who's Who Legal, UK) Listed, "Florida Super Lawyers," Law & Politics magazine, 2006–2022; "Top 100 Miami Super Lawyers," 2010–2018, "Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers," 2015-2017 Listed, "Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration," 2009, 2011, 2013; "Expert Guides: Commercial Arbitration" (renamed) 2014-2020 (Euromoney Institutional Investor); “Expert Guides: Best of the Best USA, Commercial Arbitration,” 2017, 2019, 2021 Listed, "The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers" 2006–2013 (Who's Who Legal, UK); "Who's Who Legal" (renamed) 2014-2022 Recommended Counsel, Dispute Resolution, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, 2007 Listed, "Top Lawyers," South Florida Legal Guide, 2013-2022 Finalist, "Most Effective Lawyers" 2014 (Arbitration), Daily Business Review Listed, Legal 500 Latin America: International Firms, International Arbitration 2019 Listed, "Best of the Bar," South Florida Business Journal, April 2004 Listed, "Legal Elite," Florida Trend magazine 2004 to 2007, 2011–2012, 2014-2017, 2021 Listed, "Local Litigation Stars" (Florida), Benchmark Litigation 2009, 2010, and 2011 Listed, Who’s Who Legal: Florida 2008 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Adjunct Professor, Transnational Civil Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration, Emory University School of Law, 2014–present Visiting Professor, Global Law Program, Universidad de Navarra Facultad de Derecho (Pamplona, Spain), 2011–present Adjunct Professor, Transnational Civil Litigation and Arbitration, University of Miami School of Law, 2003–2010 Scholar-in-Residence, New York University School of Law, 2015 Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Florida Regional Programs, 2001–present, Building Trial Skills (Washington, D.C.), 2019 Member, The American Law Institute, 2005–present; participant, Member Consultative Groups on Principles of Aggregate Litigation; Principles of Trade Law: The World Trade Organization; Restatement of the Law, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration; Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States; and Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance Founding Member, Miami International Arbitration Society, 2008-present; Member, Board of Directors, 2014-present; Chair-Elect, 2016; Chair, 2017; Immediate Past Chair, 2018 Member, Florida Bar International Law Section; Chair, Legislative Committee, 2008–2010; Executive Council Member, 2009–2010; Treasurer, 2010-2011; Secretary, 2011-2012; Chair-Elect, 2012–2013; Chair, 2013–2014; Immediate Past Chair, 2014–2015 Inaugural Member, Florida Bar International Litigation and Arbitration Certification Committee, 2018-present; Vice-Chair, 2019-2020; Chair, 2020-2021 Member, Florida Bar International Litigation and Arbitration Certification Committee, 2018-present Member, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee of The Florida Bar, 2005–2011 Member, Civil Procedure Rules Committee of The Florida Bar, 1999–2005 Member, Advisory Committee on Mediation to the US District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1997–2007 Director, Dade County Bar Association, 2006–2009; chair, Civil Litigation Committee, 2006–2008; chair, Federal Courts Committee, 2005–2006 (vice chair 2004–2005); chair, International Law Committee, 2001–2003 (vice chair, 2000–2001); chair, Corporate and Banking Litigation Committee, 1996–1998 Member, ICC Task Force on Amiable Composition and Ex Aequo et Bono Arbitration, 2005–2007 Member, ICC Task Force on National Rules of Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958, 2007–2008 Member, ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services, 2008–2011 Vice-Chair, ABA Section of Litigation International Litigation Committee, 2012–13 Member, International Trade Centre's Pro-Bono Committee on International Model Contracts for Exporting SMEs, 2009 Volunteer Arbitrator, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, 2005–present Volunteer Coach, University of Navarra Vis Arbitration Moot Team, 2008–present Volunteer Arbitrator, Florida Pre-Competition for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Florida Bar International Litigation and Arbitration Committee), 2005–present Volunteer Judge, 4th Annual ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition, 2009 Volunteer Judge, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2010 Volunteer Arbitrator, Skadden Arps Foreign Direct Investment Moot, 2010–present Lecturer, Swiss Arbitration Academy, 2011, 2012 Planning Committee Member, ICCA Miami 2014 Member, International Bar Association Member, Union Internationale des Avocats Member, The American Society of International Law Member, Congress of Fellows, Center for International Legal Studies IBA/The College of Law International Practice Diploma, International Arbitration Law Fellow, American Bar Foundation since 2003 Fellow, Florida Bar Foundation since 2004

Mr. Reetz frequently writes and lectures on arbitration and litigation topics. He teaches transnational civil litigation and arbitration as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, and taught the same subject at the University of Miami School of Law from 2003 to 2010. He also serves as a visiting professor at the University of Navarra School of Law in Pamplona, Spain, and was a 2015 Scholar-in-Residence at New York University School of Law. Mr. Reetz is also an instructor for trial skills programs of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has lectured at the Swiss Arbitration Academy and at a number of law schools, including Doshisha University, Marmara University, Istanbul Bilgi University and Istanbul Kültür University. He is the co-author (with Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga) of Public Purpose in International Law: Rethinking Regulatory Sovereignty in the Global Era, published by Cambridge University Press.

Mr. Reetz has served as chair of the Florida Bar’s International Litigation and Arbitration Board Certification Committee (2020-2021), the Miami International Arbitration Society (2017), and the Florida Bar International Law Section (2013-2014). He is active in numerous other professional organizations, including the American Law Institute, where he has served on member consultative groups for the Restatement of the Law, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration and the Restatement (Fourth), The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, among others.