Sean Ryan, BCL; LLM (European Law)
Partner Corporate M&A; and Head of EU, Competition & Regulatory at Whitney Moore LLP.
As a leading lawyer with over 25 years experience advising on competition law matters and corporate M&A transactions, Sean has a deep understanding of the complex legal landscape and has consistently provided clients with innovative and effective solutions to their legal challenges. He is a trusted advisor to clients across a wide range of industries, assisting clients achieve their strategic objectives while navigating complex legal and associated regulatory issues. He has advised on some of the highest profile transactions in Ireland over the past number of years, including a number of transactions that have been specifically singled out by competition regulators as being complex transactions from a competition law perspective requiring commitments.
Listed in the ‘The Best Lawyers in Ireland’, and consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in legal directories, his dual expertise and experience is a real asset, providing clients with the guidance they need to successfully achieve their business objectives. He advises clients on a wide range of corporate and competition law matters including M&A transactions; EU and Irish merger filings; joint ventures (Sean advised on the first joint venture involving all the main Irish banks in over 20 years) ;competition law compliance and training; dawn raids; distribution agreements; commercial contracts; dominance; VBER; Irish FDI screening compliance & filings; and EU FSR compliance & filings.