Overview
Effective March 1, 2025, Christopher Ryan has been elected as partner at Sheppard Mullin.
Christopher Ryan is special counsel in the Finance & Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's Orange County office.
Areas of Practice
Christopher represents various lending clients, including national banks, local and regional banks, publicly traded companies, debt funds, life insurance companies and other lenders in all aspects of real estate finance, with an emphasis on construction lending, syndicated loan transactions, bridge lending, and distressed real estate workouts. His experience includes the financing, foreclosure and restructuring of permanent, construction, acquisition and bridge loans secured by all types of real estate assets, including office, hospitality, retail, condominium, multi-family, industrial and land development projects, mixed-use projects and shopping centers. Christopher has also spent time as in-house counsel for an S&P 500 publicly traded REIT, providing him an insider’s perspective on the challenges his clients face.
Memberships
Memberships
Urban Land Institute (ULI), Young Leaders Program and Mentorship Program
Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, Young Professionals Steering Committee
Practices
Industries
Education
J.D., Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, 2013, cum laude
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2009, with honors
Clerkships
- Judicial extern to Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor of the Ohio Supreme Court
Admissions
- California