Ryan Miest works with high-growth and technology-savvy enterprises, from start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations, on acquisitions, divestitures, financings and other matters. Ryan also represents private equity funds, venture capital funds, and other financial buyers, sellers, and investors in platform and add-on acquisitions, divestitures, financings, and other transactions.
Ryan’s transaction experience and expertise includes public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financing transactions, complex intellectual property transactions, and other complex commercial relationships, in diverse industries including technology, financial services, food, manufacturing, health care and retail. His practice combines deep substantive expertise with extensive practical experience and a solutions-oriented mentality. In addition to transactional matters, Ryan also serves as outside general counsel to over a dozen high-growth clients, providing business-focused advice regarding corporate governance, equity compensation, financing, intellectual property protection, and other issues facing fast-moving businesses.
Ryan is also active in the management of Fredrikson & Byron, currently serving as the Co-Chair of the firm’s Corporate and Securities Department and also serving on the firm’s Recruiting & Hiring Committee.
