J Brennan Ryan

Practice Areas

Banking & Financial Services

Corporate & Securities

Corporate Governance

Emerging Companies

Financial Institutions Corporate & Regulatory

General Counsel Services

Mergers & Acquisitions

Securities Offerings

Career

Brennan practices with Nelson Mullins' Financial Regulatory and Corporate team where he focuses in the areas of banking law and corporate and securities law, with an emphasis in corporate finance-related activities. He provides strategic counseling to a broad range of clients ranging from "inflatable" charter and de novo banks to start-up technology services companies and multibillion-dollar public entities.

He recently served as Chief Operating Officer of a $20+ billion publicly-traded Midwestern Regional Bank, where he supervised risk management, including regulatory relations, credit, compliance, legal and related corporate development functions, including integration activities and vendor programs. He is a frequent speaker regarding financing and strategic transactions in the financial services area and is often quoted in national and local publications.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Community Bankers Association

Georgia Bankers Association

Michigan Bankers Association

Former member of the Board of Directors in a venture-backed ATM service provider to the financial institutions industry

Personal

University of Florida Levin College of Law, JD

University of Florida, Warrington College of Business Administration, MBA

University of Florida, BA