David Ryan joins Flynn O' Driscoll as a Partner from leading International Law Firm Ashurst where he was a Senior Associate and where he has practiced for the past six years. Prior to moving to London David trained as a solicitor and worked in William Fry in Dublin for five years. With an innovative and friendly approach he offers clients commercial and first hand practical advice across a broad spectrum of corporate areas.David has advised companies, financial institutions, private equity houses and entrepreneurs on a variety of commercial and corporate transactions as well as providing embedded day-to-day advice. He has been involved in acquisitions, start-ups, fund raising, investments and disposals in the UK, Ireland, Russia, Ukraine, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Austria, Canada and the US across the full lifecycle of businesses and in diverse sectors from oil and gas to sports science. David has spent the past year working in-house with the restructuring and leveraged finance arms of Lloyds Banking Group and has advised on their portfolio disposals, creditor-led restructurings, refinancing, exits and debt for equity swaps. On the restructuring and insolvency side he has also advised UK and Irish companies, individual directors, management teams, bondholders, insolvency practitioners and private equity houses.In addition to his experience at Lloyds Banking Group David has also been seconded to Smurfit Kappa Group and General Electric giving him a unique ability to understand his clients' legal and commercial needs and to help businesses through periods of transition.Having also been recently involved in a number of start-up ventures in Ireland and the UK David is looking forward to using his London knowledge and contacts base to help clients to grow and protect their businesses alongside that of Flynn O'Driscoll while focusing on innovation, efficiency, new markets and opportunities with a unique and positive outlook.