He previously worked at Clayton Utz, Herbert Smith Freehills, DLA Piper
Dentons has announced the appointment of Ryan Cable – a lawyer focusing on commercial litigation and arbitration, including disputes relating to contractual breaches, financing, and joint ventures – as a Brisbane-based partner in its national dispute resolution practice.
In a news release, the firm shared that his experience has encompassed the oil and gas, mining, energy, renewables, and resources sectors.
“Our clients in Queensland and beyond will greatly benefit from Ryan’s presence in our Firm,” said Amber Warren, Dentons’ Australia chair and Australasia region chief executive officer, in the news release.
“Ryan’s breadth of experience, as well as his commercial and rational approach to the resolution of complex disputes will be a great asset to our clients,” added John Dalzell, a partner at the firm and its dispute resolution head in Australia.
Dentons noted that Cable’s addition followed that of Sarah Fregon, a Melbourne-based dispute resolution partner, in January.
“I look forward to connecting with colleagues across the Australian and global network of Dentons and bringing to bear my arbitration and dispute resolution experience for our clients,” Cable said in the firm’s news release.
Cable’s LinkedIn profile and his biography on the Dentons’ website provided more information regarding his professional experience and qualifications.
He was most recently a senior associate focusing on commercial disputes at Clayton Utz from January 2023 to March 2026.
Cable acted as APAC’s regional representative in the Young International Arbitration Group at the London Court of International Arbitration from June 2023 to November 2025.
At Signature Litigation in London, England, he served as counsel from July 2022 to December 2022, as a senior associate from July 2019 to June 2022, and as an associate from August 2017 to July 2019.
Cable worked as legal counsel at Stockland in Sydney from December 2016 to August 2017 and as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney from March 2016 to October 2016.
At DLA Piper in Sydney, he served as a solicitor from January 2016 to March 2016 and from October 2013 to February 2014, as a graduate lawyer from February 2013 to October 2013, and as a summer clerk and paralegal from December 2011 to January 2013. Also at DLA Piper, he worked as an associate in London, UK, from March 2014 to January 2016.
Cable became a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2023, of the High Court of Australia in 2016, and of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 2013. He has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Law Society of Queensland.
He obtained his graduate diploma of legal practice from the College of Law in Sydney in 2013. He earned his LLB (honours) and his BA in politics from Macquarie University in 2012.
