Mike Ryan is a partner who practices in the areas of real estate transactions, development and finance; banking and financial services; and public finance. In the area of real estate transactions, Mike has represented investors, operators, landlords, tenants, and lenders in the acquisition and financing of all kinds of asset classes including big box retail, shopping centers, office, industrial, residential (multi family and single family sites), condominiums (residential and office), hotels, ski villages, golf courses, and other portfolios.
As a lender's counsel, Mike typically works on closing large dollar loans with complicated structure and collateral packages. More recently, with the economic downturn, Mike has represented lenders and investors in restructuring loans, in complicated loan workouts and in selling and buying of loans. When a distressed asset becomes REO or investor owned, land use entitlements, Community Development District assessments, and homeowner/property owner/condominium association issues can be especially complicated issues, and Mike regularly advises lenders and investors, as they take title to properties subject to these issues.
Recently, Mike represented a lender in acquiring, through a friendly foreclosure, title to a "busted" condominium complex and in closing an $89 million loan financing the new owner's apartment complex operation.
Mike has had many long term client relationships that have been important to the growth and prosperity of Central Florida community. Mike has represented the Orange County Research and Development Authority since 1980 in its development, management and marketing of the 1000-acre Central Florida Research Park. Mike has served as counsel for The University of Central Florida and its Foundation in the acquisition of land for the Rosen School of Hospitality Management, the UCF School of Medicine, a student outpatient clinic, office buildings, and a chip manufacturing lab and research facility. He has also represented a private developer of a 200-acre mixed use development in Osceola County over a 15 year period from land acquisition, through land use approvals and infrastructure development, and in connection with the franchise and management of a 718 room hotel, the construction and lease-up of a 45,000 square foot retail strip center, the construction, lease-up and sale of a 280 unit apartment complex, and the sale of subdivided vacant commercial parcels.
Recognition
· Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV
· Orlando's Best Lawyers 2006-2011, Orlando Magazine
· Recognized under Real Estate in "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," 2004-2008, Chambers USA
· Listed in Chambers USA: Real Estate 2010-11
· Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2012
· "Florida Legal Elite" 2004-2006, Florida Trend Magazine
· Selected for inclusion in 2006-2011, Florida Super Lawyers
· Recognized in the Real Estate Transaction and Finance section of Legal 500 US, 2008-2009
· "Top Lawyer", Corporate Counsel, 2007
Professional Certifications, Memberships and Activities
· American Bar Association
· Orange County Bar Association
· The Florida Bar
Community Activities
· Economic Development Commission of Mid-Florida, Member
· Leadership Orlando Graduate
· Interlachen Country Club, Board of Directors
· Boys and Girls Club, Board of Directors
· American Red Cross of Central Florida, Chairman of the Board of Directors, 2007-2008
Articles
REO and Collateral Entitlements Preservation - Permit and DRI Extensions for the Asking!
The Florida Distressed Condo Relief Act: Halftime Report
Update! Rumors of the Premature Death of the Distressed Condominium Relief Act Greatly Exaggerated
Urgent Warning for Owners of (and Lenders on) Distressed Real Estate for which 2008 Real Estate Taxes Have Not Been Paid!
Presentations
Florida Distressed Real Estate: Practical Tips for Investors