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Ryan Preston Dahl chairs the business restructuring practice group at Ropes & Gray, and he is widely recognized as a market-leading advisor across the most complex traditional restructurings and liability management transactions.
Ryan has extensive experience representing publicly- and privately-held debtors, investors, and financial sponsors in special situations, out-of-court restructurings and distressed acquisitions, and in-court chapter 11 processes through prepackaged, prearranged, and traditional restructurings, and has been identified as a market leader in complex liability management dealmaking. His practice also includes a broad range of transactional and litigation matters across a number of industries including automotive, logistics, technology, retail, media, gaming, manufacturing, professional services, food services, and financial services.
Ryan is a leading commentator on corporate governance, special situations, and restructuring topics, having been interviewed and quoted in leading publications such the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Bloomberg, 9fin, and the Financial Times. His seminar on advanced restructuring strategies at the University of Chicago Law School is a sought-after element of the law school curriculum.
Ryan has been named among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers in 2020 and Turnarounds & Workouts’ “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” for 2018, as well as receiving the Rising Star award from Euromoney Legal Media Group and the Law360 40 Under 40 award, also in 2018. Ryan was previously recognized by the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges for participation in its Next Generation Program at the NCBJ's 2017 annual conference. Ryan was also identified as one of the “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers” by Turnaround and Workouts in 2023. More recently, Bloomberg named Ryan as one of the “Star Dealmakers” leading the liability management market in 2024.
Ryan also regularly speaks on a variety of restructuring, executive compensation, corporate governance, and ethics-related topics at institutions and organizations including the University of Michigan Law School, Columbia University, Northwestern University, the Insolvency Institute of Canada, and the International Bar Association. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the International Bar Association.
