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Ian Ryan is head of Howard Kennedy's well-regarded Business Crime team. He is a white-collar crime solicitor with over 30 years' experience of dealing with complex and high-profile matters, both domestically and internationally. He advises both individual and corporate clients in serious fraud and regulatory investigations as well as criminal matters.
Ian advises in SFO, FCA, CMA, NCA, CPS, police and SRA investigations. His clients are typically: corporates; boards of directors, CEOs, senior executives, non-executive directors, General Counsel, compliance and risk officers, financial directors and money-laundering reporting officers.
Notably Ian acted for Mark Hanna in the phone hacking trial in 2014 (acquitted); Achim Kraemer in the first SFO Euribor trial in 2018 (acquitted); Andreas Hauschild in the third SFO Euribor trial in 2019 (acquitted); Martin Backburn in the Gary Senior SDT hearing in 2020 (acquitted); Supreme in a successful private prosecution in 2021; a Middle Eastern bank successfully defending a private prosecution in 2021 (case dismissed and defence awarded costs of £250,000); and for British Gymnastics in the Whyte Review (reported July 2022). He has also been involved in many other high profile SFO investigations including Tesco, Harlequin and Tchenguiz.
In addition to the above, Ian advises corporate clients, including solicitor's firms, on cyber crime issues, production orders, dawn raids, confiscation proceedings, warrants and the extent of legal professional privilege. He has represented both multi-nationals and individuals in numerous internal investigations.
He is an expert in solicitors' disciplinary work and SRA investigations, having previously prosecuted for the SRA for over 15 years. He acts for individual solicitors, including many at magic circle firms, and solicitor's firms at all stages of the proceedings, particularly on issues of self-reporting.
Ian also continues to represent high-net-worth individuals (celebrities, politicians, artists, journalists and sports people) in general criminal matters. As a result of his recent work with a national governing body of sport, he has specialist safeguarding experience.
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Ian Ryan handles a wide range of financial crime matters including investigations by the SFO and HMRC. He often assists individuals facing allegations of bribery, corruption and fraud, with further experience of rate manipulation matters.
Ian Ryan frequently represents both individuals and corporates in private prosecutions surrounding financial crime, including those with multi-jurisdictional aspects.
Ian Ryan of Howard Kennedy heads the business crime and regulatory practice at Howard Kennedy, where he advises defendants on both criminal and wider disciplinary matters, particularly in the legal services field. He is adept at assisting senior lawyers with SRA investigations concerning sexual misconduct.
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"Ian is a very shrewd and massively experienced practitioner."
"He is a long-standing, hugely experienced practitioner."
"He's well known for being very good."
"He's always been someone you go to when you're in trouble. He's strategically sound, wise, smart and gets successful conclusions. He's absolutely at the top of the field."
"Ian occupies the space of a regulatory lawyer and criminal lawyer. It's a really crucial overlap of expertise he's got. He's so experienced and you can't faze him."
"Ian Ryan is a very impressive prosecutor."
"Ian is brilliant."
"He's very direct and to the point; we really like his approach."
"Ian is straightforward and easy to work with. He takes the commercial aspects of the matter into account in his responses and suggested actions."
"Ian is a very shrewd and massively experienced practitioner."
"He is a long-standing, hugely experienced practitioner."
"He's well known for being very good."
"He's always been someone you go to when you're in trouble. He's strategically sound, wise, smart and gets successful conclusions. He's absolutely at the top of the field."
"Ian occupies the space of a regulatory lawyer and criminal lawyer. It's a really crucial overlap of expertise he's got. He's so experienced and you can't faze him."
"Ian Ryan is a very impressive prosecutor."
"Ian is brilliant."
"He's very direct and to the point; we really like his approach."
"Ian is straightforward and easy to work with. He takes the commercial aspects of the matter into account in his responses and suggested actions."
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