Ryan H. Ferris

Ryan’s experience includes representing:

Public Company Transactions

• Cummins Inc. in its pending acquisition of Meritor, Inc.
• Luther King Capital Management in the sale of its Gexpro and TestEquity portfolio companies to Lawson Products, Inc. in exchange for Lawson common stock
• TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. in its pending cash and stock sale to Raymond James Financial, Inc.
• Marlin Business Services Corp. in its pending sale to an affiliate of HPS
• Nestlé Health Science in its acquisition of Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.
• YUM! Brands, Inc. in its acquisition of The Habit Restaurants, Inc. 
• Sparton Corporation in its sale to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
• The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. in its acquisition of The Navigators Group, Inc.
• Prologis, Inc. in (i) its acquisition of Industrial Property Trust Inc. and (ii) its stock-for-stock merger with DCT Industrial Trust Inc.
• SCANA Corporation in its stock-for-stock merger with Dominion Energy, Inc.
• Kuraray Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of Calgon Carbon Corporation
• Sparton Corporation in its sale to Ultra Electronics Holdings plc (terminated prior to closing)
• Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. in its cash and stock sale to Eldorado Resorts, Inc. 
• TransCanada Corporation in its acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. 
• The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited in its acquisition of Protective Life Corporation*
• Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company in its acquisition of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.*
• Medtronic  Inc. in its acquisition of China Kanghui Holdings*

Private Equity and Venture Capital Transactions

• Ember Infrastructure and ReEnergy Biomass Operations LLC in their acquisition of Albany Green Energy, a biomass heat-and-power facility located in Albany, Georgia, from Exelon
• Ember Infrastructure in the formation of ReGenerate Energy Holdings, LLC, a joint venture with ReEnergy Biomass Operations LLC
• Brandfolder, Inc., a venture capital-backed digital asset management platform, in its acquisition by Smartsheet Inc.
• A publicly traded REIT managed by a leading U.S. private equity firm in its investment in a provider of technology-enabled services to the mortgage and financial services industry 
• A Texas-based private equity firm in various transactions and related matters, including (i) its acquisition of a designer and distributor of products in the outdoor enthusiast and active lifestyle markets and (ii) its acquisition of a sourcer and exporter of products manufactured in China
• A family office in its quick service restaurant joint venture with a U.S.-based middle market private equity firm

Private Transactions

• Insight in its acquisition of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago from Trinity Health Corporation
• Caesars Entertainment Corporation in its sale of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to an affiliate of Imperial Companies
• A provider of market data and internet connectivity services to the financial industry in its sale to the portfolio company of a U.S.-based middle market private equity firm
• A publicly traded Fortune 100 company in (i) its acquisition of a third party logistics and reverse logistics service provider and (ii) its acquisition of an international shipping logistics service provider*

*The above representations were handled by Ryan prior to his joining Mayer Brown.

University of Michigan Law School, JD, magna cum laude

University of Michigan, BA

• Illinois