Ryan Clore advises clients on a full spectrum of complex technology transactions.

Ryan draws on extensive experience and a sophisticated understanding of technology to represent clients in transactions involving:

  • Intellectual property development and licensing
  • Information technology
  • Strategic relationships
  • Complex service, supply and distribution agreements
  • The video game industry

Ryan also advises clients on the IP- and technology-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including issues related to carve-outs and transition services.

Ryan’s recent experience includes advising:

  • Silver Lake and an investor consortium in the US$55 billion take-private of Electronic Arts
  • Bending Spoons in its US$1.38 billion acquisition of Vimeo, a software company operating a video creation and editing platform
  • DB Insurance in its US$1.65 billion acquisition of Fortegra from Tiptree and Warburg Pincus
  • FIS on its US$24.2 billion sale of Worldpay with GTCR to Global Payments and concurrent US$13.5 billion acquisition of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business
  • Amphenol on its US$10.5 billion acquisition of CommScope’s Connectivity and Cable Solutions business Tripledot Studios in its US$800 million acquisition of mobile games studio assets from AppLovin, a mobile technology company
  • Fubo on its agreement with The Walt Disney Company to combine with Hulu + Live TV
  • Lumen Technologies in its US$5.75 billion sale of its Consumer Fiber-to-the-Home Business to AT&T
  • Miniclip in its US$1.2 billion acquisition of Easybrain Group, a Cyprus-based mobile games developer
  • A major online learning platform provider in structuring and negotiating several cross-border services agreements
  • A leading proxy voting services provider in negotiating, developing and implementing a proxy voting solution for securities that are held indirectly through investment products
  • A medical device manufacturer with a long term strategic supply and distribution agreement related to the manufacture and supply of a specialized metal alloy used to produce high-performance, minimally invasive medical devices and components

Ryan’s other representative clients include:

  • Endeavor
  • Tencent
  • Skydance Interactive
  • 2U
  • Apollo
  • Cerebras
  • Sallie Mae
  • DXC Technology
  • The Wenger Group

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2016
    cum laude
  • BA, University of Maryland, 2004