Ryan is a Dallas, Texas-based global tax services firm, with the largest indirect and property tax practices in North America and the sixth largest corporate tax practice in the United States. The firm provides a comprehensive range of state, local, federal, and international tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis, including audit defense, tax recovery, credits and incentives, tax process improvement and automation, tax appeals, tax compliance, and strategic planning. Ryan employs more than 1,900 professionals and associates serving over 9,000 clients in more than 40 countries.
The New Orleans Saints are an American professional football franchise based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). The team was founded by John W. Mecom, Jr. and David Dixon and the city of New Orleans was awarded the franchise on November 1, 1966. They began play the following season.