background on new hire, page-4

An interesting, and I suspect, highly strategic addition to the Unilife Executive.

Here's some more on John Ryan's background and areas of expertise, from Duane Morris:

"John C. Ryan is a partner in Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group. Mr Ryan represents organizations and individuals in government investigations and related litigation, conducts internal corporate investigations, defends qui tam actions and commercial disputes and advises organizations on regulatory matters.

"Mr Ryan has conducted complex internal investigations and defended companies in government investigations around the globe and he has particular experience defending government investigations involving the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and allegations of government contracting fraud.

"Mr Ryan has also successfully defended companies in high-stakes commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, consumer class actions and antitrust cases.

"Mr Ryan also has experience designing and implementing compliance programs for multinational companies and evaluating and reducing compliance risks in multinational transactions, with particular experience in FCPA due diligence.

"Mr Ryan began his association with Duane Morris in 1999, joining the firm after serving as an Assistant District Attorney in the Investigations Division of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

"From 2005-2013, he served first as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, and ultimately as Deputy General Counsel, of ARAMARK Corporation, where he established the company's Litigation and Government Investigations Function, and served as chief counsel for ARAMARK's Healthcare, Education, Sports & Entertainment and Business & Industry business lines.

"Mr Ryan also served as counsel for ARAMARK's Chief Compliance Officer and led ARAMARK's government relations efforts.

"Mr Ryan returned to Duane Morris in 2013 with deep experience in helping business leaders to deliver cost-effective results and to achieve business objectives."

Can't help but think the fact of Mr Ryan joining Unilife - and his deep expertise in white collar crime, internal corporate investigations, defending companies in high-stakes commercial litigation, and government fraud - will give pause for thought to some of the shorts who are using Seeking Alpha and other social media to spread lies and manipulate the SP for personal gain.

Not to mention the ambulance chasers.

In-house counsel with this level of expertise? Outstanding!

Welcome to Unilife, Mr Ryan.

Go get 'em!


PS - Why join Unilife after such a long and successful career with Duane Morris?

Let me think about that for a minute....