Melanie Ryan is a partner in Pinsent Masons’ London office. She has 25 years’ experience in representing banks and financial institutions in litigation, regulatory investigations, and related enforcement proceedings. Her areas of expertise include financial crime, money laundering, fraud, bribery, corruption, tax, UK and EU sanctions. She has extensive experience of dealing with the FCA, PRA, SFO and OFSI in the UK as well as the DOJ, SEC and OFAC in the US.

Melanie acts for regulated entities in Enforcement investigations and related proceedings, conducts internal investigations and shadow s166 reviews and advises clients on contentious regulatory matters such as Principle 11 issues as well as large remediation programmes. She also undertakes complex high value high court litigation and has particular experience in capital markets disputes involving derivatives and securitisation cases. Melanie also advises on compliance programmes for global financial institutions.

Melanie is recognised in the “Hall of Fame” for Banking Litigation and as a “Leading Partner” for Financial Services: Contentious in the Legal 500.