Ryan Dzierniejko is the global head of Skadden’s capital markets practice. He represents companies across a wide range of industries in their most important capital markets and other corporate transactions. He has significant experience leading high-profile mandates ranging from venture capital financings and IPOs of “unicorns” to complex equity and debt financings for the Fortune 500.
Dzierniejko regularly works with private companies to execute late-stage financings and strategically prepare for an IPO. Over the past six years, he has led more than 30 IPOs for innovative and disruptive companies looking to access the U.S. capital markets. He also has extensive experience representing companies and investment banks in high-yield and investment-grade debt financings, leading over $350 billion of offerings to date. Additionally, he advises corporate clients on matters involving corporate governance, the SEC and U.S. stock exchanges. Dzierniejko spent several years in Skadden’s Toronto office, where he gained extensive experience representing foreign companies on cross-border transactions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | Capital Markets, IPOs |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | Capital Markets |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Capital Markets, IPOs |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2025 | Capital Markets |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Capital Markets, IPOs |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2024 | Capital Markets |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2024 | Capital Markets, IPOs |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2023 | Capital Markets |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2022 | Capital Markets |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2022 | Capital Markets, IPOs |
| The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2020 | |
| The 2019 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2019 |
Dzierniejko has led some of the largest and most notable capital markets transactions in recent years, including:
- numerous “unicorn” pre-IPO financings, ranging from the largest seed financing ever completed (Binance.US) to some of the largest late-stage financings ever completed (e.g., WeWork)
- the best-performing IPO of the past decade (Shopify)
- the largest NYSE IPO of 2025 (Venture Global), the best performing IPO of 2025 (Circle), the largest NYSE IPO of 2024 (Viking), the best performing IPO of 2023 (Cava) and the largest IPO of 2021 (Rivian)
- the first direct listing by an east coast company (Squarespace)
- the IPO of the most valuable Israeli company to access the U.S. capital markets (Monday.com)
- the IPO of the most valuable South American company to access the U.S. capital markets at the time (XP)
- the largest equity offering ever completed by a Canadian company (Barrick)
- the largest debt offering ever completed by a Canadian company (Rogers)
- two of the largest inaugural bond offerings of the past decade (Meta and DowDuPont)
- the second-largest high-yield debt offering ever completed (Valeant)
