Ryan Hunsaker

RYAN HUNSAKER provides guidance to clients on various finance transactions, including commercial and alternative lending, with a focus on traditional reserve-based, midstream, asset-based, and direct lending.

Ryan represents agent banks, publicly traded and privately owned borrowers, portfolio companies, and alternative lenders in lending and financing transactions, within the U.S. and internationally. He has extensive knowledge in financing transactions within the oil and gas industry.

His experience covers a range of transactions, such as secured and unsecured lending, syndicated credit facilities, senior and subordinated financings, holding company/mezzanine lending, intercreditor agreements, and restructuring/workout financings.

Ryan has been recognized by the Legal 500 US as a “Key Lawyer” in Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2023) and by Best Lawyers: One to Watch in America in Banking and Finance Law (2024).

• Represented a publicly traded oil and gas exploration company, and an affiliated oilfield services company in a US$2.8 billion revolving loan facility and a US$600 million revolving loan facility.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$2.5 billion secured revolving loan facility to a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$400 million secured revolving loan facility to an oil and gas exploration and production company.
• Represented a private equity client in a US$230 million first lien note purchase agreement to a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company in connection with the acquisition of oil and gas assets.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$1.5 billion secured revolving credit facility to a publicly traded midstream company. 

BORROWER

• Represented a privately held oilfield services provider in a US$100 million secured asset-based revolving credit facility in connection with its initial public offering.
• Represented a publicly traded oilfield services provider in a US$175 million secured term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with its initial public offering.
• Represented a publicly traded oilfield services provider in a US$75 million secured asset-based revolving credit facility in connection with its initial public offering.
• Represented an oilfield services company in a US$75 million secured asset-based revolving credit facility.
• Represented an independent oil and gas company in a US$125 million secured term loan, a $130 million term loan, and a letter of credit procurement facility.
• Represented an oilfield services company in a US$32 million first lien and US$30 million second lien revolving and term loan facilities.
• Represented an oil and gas exploration and production company in a US$500 million secured revolving loan facility. 
• Represented an offshore drilling company in the financing and restructuring of its indebtedness.
• Represented a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company in a US$100 million secured revolving loan facility.
• Represented an oilfield services company in a US$200 million secured revolving loan facility in connection with its initial public offering.
• Represented a privately held oilfield services company in a US$28 million secured term loan facility.
• Represented a publicly held oilfield services company in a US$80 million secured revolving loan and a US$25 million term loan.

LENDER

• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$1 billion secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$1.25 billion secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$300 million secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$400 million secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$250 million secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$150 million secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$350 million revolving credit facility to a midstream company.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$250 million unsecured revolving credit facility to a midstream MLP.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$150 million secured revolving credit facility to a manufacturing company. 
• Represented a specialty lender in a US$75 million secured term loan facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a specialty lender in a US$73 million secured term loan facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$500 million secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to an oil and gas producer.
• Represented a leading investment banking institution in a US$2.035 billion secured term loan to a publicly traded midstream company.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$50 million secured revolving loan to finance a pipeline.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$1.5 billion secured revolving loan facility to a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$200 million secured revolving loan facility to finance construction of a pipeline.
• Represented a large commercial bank in a US$200 million secured revolving and term loan facilities to an oil and gas exploration and production company.
• Represented a leading financial institution in a US$50 million secured revolving loan facility to an oil and gas exploration and production company.
• Represented an administrative agent in a US$50 million secured revolving loan facility to an oil and gas exploration and production company.

PRIVATE EQUITY

• Represented a private equity lender in a US$22.5 million first lien note purchase agreement to an offshore oil and gas exploration and production company with existing secured debt.
• Represented an alternative lender in several single and multi-draw term loans and a second lien term loan to privately held oil and gas producers.
• Represented a private equity lender in subordinated financing to a privately held oil and gas producer to purchase the assets of another privately held oil and gas producer.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.