Ryan Preston Dahl
Ryan P. Dahl is a partner in the Business Restructuring group of Ropes & Gray LLP in New York and has experience representing publicly and privately held debtors, distressed investors and financial sponsors in special situations, out-of-court restructurings and distressed acquisitions, and in-court chapter 11 processes through prepackaged, prearranged and traditional restructurings. His practice also includes a broad range of transactional and litigation matters across a number of industries, including automotive, technology, retail, media, gaming, manufacturing, professional services and financial services. Most recently, Mr. Dahl was named among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers in 2020 and Turnarounds & Workouts’ “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” for 2018. He also received the Rising Star award from Euromoney Legal Media Group and Law360’s 40 Under 40 award, also in 2018. Mr. Dahl was previously recognized by the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges for his participation in its Next Generation Program at the NCBJ’s 2017 annual conference. He regularly speaks on a variety of restructuring, executive compensation, corporate governance, and ethics-related topics at institutions and organizations, including the University of Michigan Law School, the University of Chicago Law School, the Insolvency Institute of Canada and the International Bar Association. Mr. Dahl is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the International Bar Association. He received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was elected Order of the Coif.