Partner
Ryan H. Ferris
Corporate & Securities, Public Companies & Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions
Overview
Ryan Ferris is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Chicago office and a member of the Corporate & Securities practice. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and advises public and private companies in a variety of complex transactions, including public company mergers, leveraged buy-outs, minority and majority investments and strategic joint ventures. Ryan also frequently represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in various matters, including follow-on acquisitions, dispositions, corporate governance and management equity and incentive plans. He also regularly counsels clients on governance, securities and other general corporate matters.
Ryan was recognized as an “Up and Coming” Corporate/M&A lawyer by Chambers USA in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Experience
Ryan has represented clients in a wide variety of matters, including:
Public Company Transactions
- The Doctors Company in its pending acquisition of ProAssurance Corporation
- Profire Energy, Inc. in its sale to CECO Environmental Corp.
- The Special Committee of Superior Drilling Products, Inc. in connection with the sale of Superior to Drilling Tools International Corporation
- The board of directors of Battalion Oil Corporation in its sale to Fury Resources, Inc. (terminated prior to closing)
- One Planet Group in its acquisition of AutoWeb, Inc.
- Cummins Inc. in its acquisition of Meritor, Inc.
- Luther King Capital Management in the sale of its Gexpro and TestEquity portfolio companies to Lawson Products, Inc. in exchange for Lawson common stock
- TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. in its cash and stock sale to Raymond James Financial, Inc.
- Marlin Business Services Corp. in its sale to an affiliate of HPS
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, JD, magna cum laude
- University of Michigan, BA
Admissions
- Illinois
Languages
- English
- Arabic
- Portuguese