Ryan focuses his practice on representing privately held business in sales and acquisitions, formation, and business planning and operations. Ryan also regularly represents gaming clients on regulatory matters before the Mississippi Gaming Commission.
Overview
Ryan focuses his practice on representing privately held business in sales and acquisitions, formation, and business planning and operations. Ryan also regularly represents gaming clients on regulatory matters before the Mississippi Gaming Commission.
Practice Areas
Industry
Experience
- Sales and acquisitions of privately held businesses in a variety of industries including automotive, restaurant, medical software, insurance, transportation, and wholesale and retail distribution.
- Representation of county governments in the sale or lease of community hospitals in Mississippi.
- Representation of casino operators, gaming equipment manufacturers and investors on various licensing and compliance matters before the Mississippi Gaming Commission.
- Representation of issuers in private placement offerings in various industries including: residential and commercial real estate, restaurant, and alternative energy.
- Representation of private businesses in formation, business strategy and planning including corporate governance agreements.
- Representation of private businesses in various commercial transactions.
Distinctions
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Gaming & Licensing – Nationwide, 2024-2025
- Gaming & Licensing – Mississippi, 2020-2025
- BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Corporate Law, 2024-2025
- Gaming Law, 2025
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2025
- Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Rising Star, Business/Corporate, 2019-2020
- Mississippi Secretary of State’s Corporation Laws Study Group, 2011
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2007
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
Education
- University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 2007
- Mississippi Law Journal
- Millsaps College, B.B.A., Business Administration, cum laude, 2003
Associations
- American Bar Association
- International Association of Gaming Advisors
- Mississippi Bar
- Business Law Section
- Gaming Law Section
- Chairman
- Executive Committee
- Capital Area Bar Association
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Guest, "Gambling," Legal & Sportlitics Podcast, February 2024.