Profile

Ryan's multidisciplinary energy transactional practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and energy development and operations, primarily in the oil and gas and related sectors, including a burgeoning practice representing project developers in the carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) industry.

Ryan counsels industry clients on matters involving acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, CCUS project development, production prepayment facilities and other structured finance, oil and gas and pore space leasing, corporate governance, project development, coordination of estates matters, distressed asset sales, commercial agreements, and other documents associated with natural gas operations, CCUS, waste-to-energy projects and other energy development.

Ryan also has experience representing debtors-in-possession in transactional and corporate matters in the Chapter 11 context, and has advised established companies and new and emerging business in connection with raising and investing capital and forming alternative asset structures such as special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs).

While in law school, Ryan received the 2012 Advanced Oil and Gas Law Outstanding Student Award for his analysis of force majeure implications of New York State’s fracking ban, and served as Marketing Editor of Sustainable Development Law & Policy.

Education

• American University, Washington College of Law, 2012, J.D.
• University of Pittsburgh, 2009, B.A., English writing, magna cum laude