Ryan Plasky represents borrowers on the full range of fund finance products across the fund life cycle and capital structure.
Ryan’s experience spans borrower-side representations across private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, and hedge fund sponsors, as well as real estate investment trusts (REITs), on:
Ryan guides managers looking to maximize borrowing bases for subscription credit facilities by using innovative quasi-feeder structures and credit support documentation. He also structures repurchase agreements and other secured lending arrangements used by credit funds and asset managers to finance loan and securities portfolios.
A recognized voice in the fund finance market, Ryan speaks regularly at industry conferences, including the Fund Finance Association’s Global Fund Finance Symposium, on topics such as NAV-based financing structures, structuring considerations for LTV covenants and intercreditor arrangements in multi-tier transactions, and market developments affecting rated note feeder and collateralized fund obligation transactions. He has been quoted in the press, including in Private Debt Investor, discussing the growth of NAV loans in the private credit market and the expansion of the lender base in fund finance.
Ryan participates in the Fund Finance Association’s Advisory Committee activities and is active in industry initiatives addressing the evolution of fund-level liquidity products, including NAV facility market standards and disclosure practices for limited partners and general partners.
Before joining Latham, Ryan was a partner at another global law firm.