Ryan Williamson

Associate Technology & IP Transactions

Austin +1 512 355 4337

Ryan Williamson

Overview

Ryan Williamson is an associate in the Technology & Intellectual Property Transactions Practice Group in the Austin office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Ryan advises clients on the intellectual property and technology aspects of corporate transactions, including carve-outs, mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, and restructuring and debt financing transactions. In addition, his practice focuses on issues relating to artificial intelligence, data privacy, strategic commercial contracting, licensing of intellectual property and software, and other technology transactions across a range of industries.

Vista Equity Partners in its $8.4 billion take private of Smartsheet, a provider of cloud-based work management platforms.

Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of Redwood Software, a provider of workload automation solutions.

Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) in its acquisition of Satcom Direct, an in-flight connectivity provider serving the business aviation and military/government mobility markets.

PowerSchool, a provider of cloud-based educational solutions, in its $5.6 billion sale to Bain Capital.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in its co-control equity investment in Flextential, a leading data center solutions provider.

Blackstone in its acquisition of Trystar, a provider of electrical equipment used for backup power solutions for data center and other end markets.

Portfolio Management Operations Associate, Dimensional Fund Advisors

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2024, Texas
  • Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • University of Texas at Austin School of LawJ.D.with Honors2023
  • University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of BusinessM.B.A.2023
  • University of Texas at AustinB.S., Mechanical Engineering2017