Melanie Ryan

Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP

Melanie represents clients in commercial litigation and disputes, corporate and regulatory investigations, and related enforcement proceedings across a range of sectors with a particular focus on banking, financial services, and energy. She handles corporate and regulatory investigations and related enforcement and litigation proceedings arising out of regulatory issues, financial crime, fraud, corruption, and tax issues, and regularly advises on UK and EU sanctions and export controls issues.

In addition to her Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) work, Melanie has advised clients in investigations and proceedings involving the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Channel Islands regulators, the Treasury Select Committee, the Financial Ombudsman Service, HM Treasury, and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). She also represents clients in proceedings involving the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Melanie Ryan is the head of Morgan Lewis’s disputes and investigations practice and sanctions team in London, is a co-leader of the Morgan Lewis Ukraine Conflict Task Force, and is recognised as a top UK contentious regulatory, financial crime, and banking litigation lawyer by Chambers and The Legal 500.