Managing Partner

Christian O’Ryan concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate acquisition, development, and financing and condominium and homeowner association documentation. He represents clients in the acquisition and development of residential and commercial properties and other complex business matters for a variety of publicly traded and closely held companies, including national and local builders and developers. In addition to representing builders and developers, Christian represents multifamily apartment owners and operators in the sale and acquisition of multifamily apartments, including providing assistance with securing financing for acquisitions in capital markets transactions.

Prior to co-founding O’Ryan Foster, Christian was a shareholder at a mid-sized law firm in Tampa, Florida. His practice is built on long-standing relationships, and many of clients have remained with him throughout the course of his career.

Notable Experience

• Drafted, negotiated, and managed land acquisitions, sales, and development transactions through for developers and homebuilders throughout Florida. 

• Structured and documented the formation and governance of planned communities for developers and home builders, spanning more than 250 communities and over 50,000 homes.

• Negotiated acquisitions, capital market financings, corporate restructurings, and dispositions for multi-family apartment owners and operators, involving assets valued in excess of $400 million.

• Conducted due diligence as Florida local counsel for institutional and private equity lenders valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

• Represented owners and operators of privately-owned club facilities in connection with the preparation of club documents together with the sales of club facilities valued in the millions.

• Represented homebuilders in conducting due diligence for the acquisition of thousands of residential lots.

• Prepared and registered condominium documents for mixed-use, hotel, townhome, and various other condominium products.

Education

• J.D., Florida State University College of Law, 1999

• Oxford University, 1997

• B.S., University of Central Florida, 1995

Admissions

• Florida

Professional & Community Involvement

• The Florida Bar

  • Co-Chairman, Affordable Housing Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

  • Circuit Representative, Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

  • Sub-committee responsible for proposing statutory revisions to the Florida Condominium Act

• Tampa Bay Builders Association (TBBA)

Recognition

• Florida Trend, Rising Star, 2009-2011

• Florida Trend, Florida Legal Elite, 2008