Ian Ryan
Partner: Head of Business Crime and Professional Discipline
The Directories say: Ian Ryan focuses on business crime and fraud, but is also frequently engaged by high-profile clients in criminal matters.
Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2010 Ian Ryan is an expert in solicitors' misconduct cases involving money laundering.
Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2010 Ian Ryan is described as “experienced and knows what he’s doing”.
Legal 500 Clients’ Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2009 Ian Ryan has got “that instinctive knack and excellent judgement that a good solicitor needs”.
Chambers A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession Ian Ryan is “hands-on, incredibly dedicated to the client and always very switched-on”.
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Ian has a mixed practice involving serious fraud, regulatory investigations and professional discipline.
He specialises in advising clients under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, Customs and Revenue, the Serious and Organised Crime Agency and the Financial Services Authority, and has acted in large money laundering cases, corruption cases, cases of insider dealing and market abuse and other serious fraud investigations.
In addition, he regularly advises solicitors and other professional and non-professional clients on restraint orders, confiscation proceedings, dawn raids, search and seizure, and production orders. As a specialist in solicitor’s conduct, he can also advise on whether material is subject to conditions of confidentiality and legal professional privilege.
Ian is retained by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and appears regularly as an advocate at the SDT both for the prosecution and the defence. He also represents members of the Chief Police Officer Staff Association in internal disciplinary investigations and disciplinary proceedings.
With a background in serious crime at a well known London firm, Ian retains an interest in general crime, and is presently representing a number of clients on a private basis.
Ian is a Solicitor Advocate (Civil and Criminal Courts); a member of the Law Society Money Laundering Taskforce (for more information click here); Association of the Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association; and the Proceeds of Crime Lawyer’s Association.
Recent Work
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Successful appeal (at the Court of Appeal) of the Crown Court's refusal to discharge a pre-charge Restraint Order (In re B [2008] WLR (D) 117). Please
click here to read the ICLR report on this case.
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Representation of the third most senior officer in the Metropolitan Police during the Stockwell 2 enquiry into the force’s public response to the de Menezes shooting
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Representation of a number of clients in, amongst others, the NHS generic drugs investigation by the SFO; the BAE investigation (South African limb); and the ongoing Torex investigation
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Advised Private Eye as an expert witness in the Napier case. Please
click here to read the full report on this case.
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Involved in three separate corruption investigation/enquiries both in the UK and abroad
- Represented the Brazilian footballer Robinho in a serious assault allegation which was dropped by the CPS. Please click here to read media coverage of the matter.