Ryan Dattilo

Ryan is a Partner at The Aquia Group. He is a trusted legal and policy professional with more than a decade of experience advising and representing companies on some of today’s most challenging and critical issues.

Most recently,  Ryan served as the Head of Competition for AWS Americas where he led the development and support of public policy positions on competition and content moderation, at a time when the technology sector faced significant scrutiny. Ryan helped position AWS as  a thought leader on cloud policy through advocating with policymakers, leading innovative research and reports on the cloud industry with third-party organizations, and building coalitions to support key vital policy initiatives. Ryan also helped coordinate  with colleagues in Europe and the Asia-Pacific on regulatory inquiries and the global impact of legislation like the European Union’s Digital Markets Act and DATA Act.

Prior to  AWS, Ryan served as the Chief Antitrust and Bankruptcy Counsel to the U.S. Senate and House Committees on the Judiciary, where he was responsible for congressional legislation and hearings covering a broad set of issues, including antitrust, privacy, content  moderation, and bankruptcy.  In just four years, Ryan successfully crafted and ushered the enactment of over a dozen significant pieces of bipartisan and bicameral legislation.This included the first comprehensive bankruptcy reform in over 15 years, a new  streamlined process for generic drug development, targeted emergency relief for businesses impacted by COVID, and the EARN IT Act to combat online child exploitation. His work on the Small Business Reorganization Act was recognized by the American Bankruptcy  Institute who named him to their 40 under 40 list.

After graduating  from Miami of Ohio and Notre Dame Law School, Ryan worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, one of the foremost global law firms, advising on several multi-billion dollar restructurings across industries, including technology, energy, and sports media. Ryan also co-taught  a class in distressed dealmaking at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and has authored several articles on a range of topics.