A. Kelly Ryan, P.C.
Overview
Kelly Ryan has a breadth of experience across the entire real estate funds marketplace that cannot be compared to any other industry expert including other attorneys, bankers, placement agents or consultants. The trust his clients place in him allows him to have the depth of knowledge and relationship that no one else has.” - The Legal 500 United States
Kelly Ryan is the global leader of the Firm’s real estate funds practice, with 25 years of experience focused exclusively on real estate private equity across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Kelly represents many of the largest global private equity firms, as well as sector-specific operators and allocators, newly formed spin-outs and family offices involved in launching investment vehicles, including open-end and permanent capital products, closed-end funds, club deals and separately managed accounts focused on real estate, infrastructure and other real assets. A significant portion of his practice also focuses on strategic investments, secondary transactions and other liquidity events involving private equity firms.
Kelly Ryan is recognized as a leading investment funds lawyer by numerous publications. Most recently, Kelly was ranked as a top tier attorney in Chambers Global 2023–2024 and Chambers USA 2023–2024 for Fund Formation. Market sources in Chambers Global 2024’s Band 1 ranking of Kirkland & Ellis’ Fund Formation Practice state that “Kelly is one of the most experienced funds attorneys in the industry,” and in Chambers Global 2023 sources state that “Kelly is a very practical and knowledgeable lawyer” and “has a terrific practice.” Sources in Chambers Global 2022 also state that Kelly “is an outstanding funds lawyer in the real estate space. He is incredibly knowledgeable and client-friendly,” and “he is the ‘go-to’ adviser for so many of the major real estate fund managers around the globe.” Kelly Ryan was also recognized as a global leader and leading lawyer by Who’s Who Legal for Private Funds 2020–2023, and as a notable practitioner by IFLR1000 2019–2023. In addition, The Legal 500’s first-tier ranking of Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Fund Formation Practice recently explained that “[r]eal estate private equity specialist Kelly Ryan ‘is always able to come up with creative solutions to any problems that a fund faces,’” and he has been listed as a key lawyer for the last two years.