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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Offices

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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NEW YORK, NY 10017-3954
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Mr Patrick Ryan

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Work Department

Corporate/Banking and Credit

Position

Patrick Ryan regularly represents leading financial institutions, investment banks and other lenders in connection with the arrangement and syndication of senior credit facilities, including acquisition, bridge and other corporate financings. Previously serving as Head of the Firm’s Global Banking and Credit Practice, he has significant experience in complicated financings in the leveraged finance, investment-grade, private credit and asset-based markets, often working with clients to develop innovative structures or to find solutions to difficult issues. He has also advised on special situations and the restructuring of existing credit facilities and other related financings, including DIP and exit financings.

Patrick’s institutional clients include JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada, HSBC and Barclays. Patrick also represents companies in connection with their financing activities, and his clients have included AOL, American Media, Bard, Cengage Learning, Evercore, Hulu, iHeartMedia, MasterCard, News Corporation, Radioshack, Sky Deutschland, Travelers Companies, 21st Century Fox, CentralSquare Technologies, Vantage Airport Group and Universal Studios. Patrick has also been active in representing clients in sports and entertainment ventures, including Forest City Ratner Companies and other investors in connection with the acquisition and relocation of the Nets NBA franchise to Brooklyn. Recently, Patrick has been representing clients in partnerships between banks and credit funds in connection with the continued growth of the private credit and alternative capital market. He was named a Banking “MVP” by Law360 in 2021.

Career

Partner, 1998.

Memberships

Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association.

Education

Manhattan College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); Fordham University (J.D., cum laude, 1989).

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders

(Hall of Fame)

Patrick Ryan – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP counts high-profile financial and investment firms, private equity investors, and sovereign wealth funds on its client roster, the firm is also particularly well-versed in syndicated and private credit financings, as well as recapitalizations. In New York, Alexandra Kaplan co-leads the firm with Brian Steinhardt, Kaplan is a strong choice for banks and private credit funds on syndicated and direct lending transactions. She is also particularly well-versed in asset-based lending, bridge facilities, and restructuring transactions. Steinhardt is proficient in bank and bridge loan financing and acquisition financing. Patrick Ryan advises investment banks on the syndication of senior credit facilities and is versed in private credit financing. Ryan is also a key contact for JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs and is knowledgeable of the alternative capital market. William Sheehan is noted for his strength in direct lending, syndicated leverage finance, and private credit transactions.

United States > Finance > Commercial lending

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s syndicated lending practitioners often work in conjunction with the firm’s capital markets team on bank and bond financing. The firm’s notable client roster includes private equity investors, sovereign wealth funds, and financial investment firms. Operating out New York, Alexandra Kaplan is highly knowledgeable of acquisition finance, asset-based lending, bridge facilities, and restructuring transactions. She is also a key port of call for financial institutions, private credit funds, and commercial banks, while Brian Steinhardt handles bank and bridge loan financing, infrastructure financing, and acquisition financing. Steinhardt is also highly proficient in leveraged and investment-grade syndicated bank financing and Patrick Ryan is informed in the arrangement and syndicated of senior credit facilities. William Sheehan handles bridge financing, private credit transactions, and restructuring, while Brian Gluck is versed in refinancing transactions, REIT financing, and fund-level financing.

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