Ryan Bullard

Managing Associate

San Francisco

With experience across the entire project lifecycle, Ryan is an energy and infrastructure lawyer with an established record in driving complex transactions and projects to completion.

Ryan is a lawyer in the Energy and Infrastructure Group, which Chambers USA (2025) recognized as Band 1 in Energy Transition; Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy; and Projects: Power & Renewables.

He has experience representing sponsors, investors and lenders in project development and finance (including debt and tax equity), mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general corporate matters. His experience spans tens of billions of dollars in transactions across the renewable energy, hydrogen/ammonia, renewable natural gas (RNG), sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), conventional energy, telecommunications and maritime industries. He is proud and grateful to collaborate with an extraordinary group of colleagues on some of the most significant energy and infrastructure projects in the country.

Prior to joining Orrick, he practiced in Houston, Texas, at another global law firm and served as the Managing Editor of the Texas Law Review.

Ryan also enjoys volunteering and has provided several hundred of hours of pro bono legal advice, primarily on small business and non-profit transactional needs.