Ryan Dwyer is regional managing partner for Asia and serves as a member of the
firm’s global management committee. As regional managing partner he is
responsible for the strategic leadership and management of the firm’s seven
offices in Asia. In addition he serves as the managing partner of the firm’s
Tokyo office a role he has been in since 2010 when the office was first
opened. In addition to his management responsibilities he concentrates his
practice on cross-border mergers and acquisitions for Japanese clients
investing outside of Japan, foreign direct investment into Japan by US and
other non-Japanese companies, and international joint ventures involving Japanese
parties. Resident in Tokyo since 1999, he has extensive experience advising
non-Japanese companies on the corporate, regulatory, employment, and commercial
aspects of transactions and investing in Japan and setting up and operating joint
ventures and other businesses in Japan. He has worked across a number of industries
on Japanese and complex cross-border deals, with particular focus in the
professional services and technology sectors, advising companies in relation to
licensing and distribution agreements, and regulatory issues. Ryan has been ranked
in several legal publications including The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and
Chambers Asia Pacific. Ryan is a past member of the firm's global
advisory council and also served as one of the firm's global coordinators of its
mergers and acquisitions practice.
