Ryan Konstanzer

Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Ryan was a corporate litigation associate at a prominent Delaware law firm where he represented directors and officers of Fortune 500 companies, corporations, stockholders, private equity funds, investment banks, alternative entities, and high-net-worth individuals in litigation in Delaware courts.

While in law school, Ryan interned with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General within the State Treasurer’s Office, served as the President of the Notre Dame Health Law Society and was an online editor of the Notre Dame Journal of Legislation.

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• Represented the founder of an electric truck company in expedited litigation over voting control of his shares of the company’s stock
• Represented a global executive search and placement client in responding to a subpoena it received in a Delaware appraisal action
• Assisted a Chief Executive Officer client in resolving his disputes with his former employer about the terms and conditions of his departure
• Assisted a private equity client in favorably resolving a series of governance disputes with a portfolio company’s founder and former member
• Assisted a global professional services client in responding to a subpoena it received in a major cryptocurrency bankruptcy proceeding
• Assisted an investor client in obtaining a favorable settlement of his lawsuits alleging breaches of fiduciary duties, breach of contract, and fraud against the managers of solar energy projects in which the client had invested
• Represented an investment bank client in responding to document and deposition subpoenas that it received in connection with work it performed on multibillion dollar transactions that were subject to challenge by stockholder in derivative and class action lawsuits
• Assisted corporate stockholder clients in making a Section 220 demand and obtaining corporate books and records that were used to uncover bases for allegations of wrongdoing that were resolved through a favorable settlement
• Assisted an electric car manufacturer client in settling an expedited proxy disclosure lawsuit filed against the company by a stockholder
• Assisted a private equity client in defeating a motion for injunctive relief that would have derailed a multimillion dollar transaction and obtaining dismissal of the underlying lawsuit
• Assisted in obtaining a favorable summary judgment ruling in a complex commercial dispute between owners and operators of several New Jersey hospitals*
• Assisted in obtaining dismissal of a stockholder’s complaint alleging fraud by a Fortune 500 company and successfully defended dismissal on appeal *
• Enjoined a lawsuit brought in a foreign jurisdiction against a client and was awarded attorneys’ fees*
• Represented officer and director defendants and a corporate nominal defendant in derivative litigation involving alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, including purported failure to oversee safety, and contributed to settlement of claims*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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