Ryan Patrick Phair

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About Ryan Patrick Phair

Ryan Phair is Co-Chair of the Antitrust and Competition practice of Paul Hastings LLP. He is an experienced trial lawyer and appellate advocate whose practice focuses on complex civil, criminal, and international litigation and arbitrations; internal, congressional, and grand jury investigations; and public policy, strategic counseling, and crisis communications. Mr. Phair has represented corporate and individual clients, both as plaintiffs and defendants, in a broad spectrum of complex litigation and arbitrations at the trial and appellate levels, including antitrust, securities, RICO, ERISA, FCA, false advertising, data privacy, public nuisance, and other types of class and individual actions. On behalf of plaintiffs, he has successfully recovered over $1 billion for his clients, making him one of a few select lawyers to have ever achieved this feat. On behalf of defendants, Mr. Phair has an equally remarkable track record of success spanning dozens of complex cases, investigations, and enforcement actions. Mr. Phair is also an expert in the rapidly expanding field of mass arbitration and regularly advises clients and coordinates strategic responses to such campaigns. Outside of the litigation context, Mr. Phair has represented and advised clients regarding interactions with numerous executive departments, congressional committees, and international organizations on a wide variety of strategic issues, including high-profile antitrust merger clearance and conduct investigations, the regulation of government-sponsored entities; the pricing and management of pharmaceuticals at the retail level; the operation of financial markets during times of economic turmoil; and the war in Iraq and other national security matters. Mr. Phair is also a well-known resource for many Wall Street bankers, investors, hedge funds, litigation funders, and private equity interests seeking to thoroughly assess antitrust and litigation risk as part of their due diligence process. Mr. Phair also works extensively with myriad retailers, often on a daily basis as national coordinating counsel, to address litigation risks and related issues, including antitrust and competition; data privacy and security; advertising, marketing, and pricing practices; and consumer class actions and mass arbitrations. Mr. Phair is frequently invited to speak to and advise leading retailers on their most important matters. In his spare time, Mr. Phair serves on the adjunct law faculty at Georgetown University Law Center and is passionate about teaching the next generation of lawyers.