About me

Address: New York: One Bryant Park, Bank of America Tower, New York, NY 10036-6745

Areas of Focus: Credit Funds; Financial Restructuring; Seeding Transactions; Hedge Funds; International Tax; Investment Management & Transactional Tax; Tax; Tax-Exempt Organizations; Private Client & Family Office Services; Fund Formation; Fund Manager Transactions; Private Equity Transactions; Restructuring & Special Situations Tax; Private Credit; Evergreen Funds

Biography:
Ryan advises a broad base of clients on domestic and international tax matters. He focuses primarily on advising investment managers in connection with the formation, operation and portfolio transactions of private equity funds and hedge funds. He also has extensive experience advising credit-focused investment managers investing in a wide range of credit assets, including direct lending, litigation finance, trade claims, distressed debt, nonperforming loans, debtor-in-possession financing and structured credit.
Ryan also has experience advising corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and financial restructuring matters.

Representative Work:
- Advised multiple investment funds on tax issues presented by loan origination and similar transactions, including in connection with the formation and operation of loan “seasoning” structures and treaty-based lending structures designed to accommodate the tax concerns of various investor constituencies.
- Advised investment fund managers on tax issues presented by entering into regulatory capital transaction with foreign banks.
- Advised a fund manager on the formation of three successive specialty lending funds and accompanying institutional managed accounts.
- Advised a U.S. investment manager in connection with tax aspects arising from the formation of three successive opportunistic credit-oriented funds, as well as numerous fund-of-one and side-by-side managed accounts and co-investment vehicles.
- Represented Crestline Investors Inc. in the formation of Crestline Portfolio Financing Fund II, a $1 billion direct lending fund that will provide acquisition financing, growth capital and debt refinancing.

Credentials:
Education: LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2014; J.D., Syracuse University College of Law, 2013 (cum laude); B.S., University of Central Florida, 2010 (cum laude)
Bar Admissions: Florida, 2013; New York, 2015

Recognitions:
- The Legal 500 US , US Taxes: Non-Contentious, 2025.

Affiliations:
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Insights:
- Akin Advises Kennedy Lewis on €2 Billion+ Strategic Partnership with Bank of Ireland (March 13, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-kennedy-lewis-on-euro2-billion-strategic-partnership-with-bank-of-ireland
- Akin Advises Bain Capital Credit in Acquisition of California Pizza Kitchen IP (February 17, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-bain-capital-credit-in-acquisition-of-california-pizza-kitchen-ip
- Fifth Circuit Overrules Tax Court, Providing Major Victory for Limited Partners on Self-Employment Tax (January 26, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/fifth-circuit-overrules-tax-court-providing-major-victory-for-limited-partners-on-self-employment-tax
- New Section 892 Regulations: Action Points for Private Fund Sponsors and Non-U.S. Pension Plan & Sovereign Investors (December 24, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/new-section-892-regulations-action-points-for-private-fund-sponsors-and-non-us-pension-plan-and-sovereign-investors
- Akin Advises Bain Capital in Groundbreaking Aircraft Securitization ( November 4, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-bain-capital-in-groundbreaking-aircraft-securitization
- Akin Advises Bain Capital Special Situations in Launch of Second Freighter Aircraft Investment Platform with $410 Million Capital Commitment (September 22, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-bain-capital-special-situations-in-launch-of-second-freighter-aircraft-investment-platform-with-dollar410-million-capital-commitment
- Akin Secures Top Rankings in The Legal 500 US 2025  (June 12, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/awards-and-accolades/akin-secures-top-rankings-in-the-legal-500-us-2025
- Akin Advises Monroe Capital in its $1.7 Billion Middle Market Lending Joint Venture (May 13, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-monroe-capital-in-its-dollar17-billion-middle-market-lending-joint-venture
- Akin Advises 400 Capital Management in $1.4 Billion Private Credit Fund (March 6, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-400-capital-management-in-dollar14-billion-private-credit-fund
- Akin Advises ICV Partners in its Acquisition of Environmental Remedies (January 27, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-icv-partners-in-its-acquisition-of-environmental-remedies
- Akin Advises Brightwood Capital in its Secondary Sale of Assets to Tikehau Capital (September 20, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-brightwood-capital-in-its-secondary-sale-of-assets-to-tikehau-capital
- Akin Advises General Atlantic Credit in $425 Million Preferred Equity Investment in Buyers Edge Platform (April 9, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-general-atlantic-credit-in-dollar425-million-preferred-equity-investment-in-buyers-edge-platform