Cassandra Borchers > Thompson Hine LLP > Cleveland, United States > Lawyer Profile
Thompson Hine LLP Offices
3900 KEY CENTER, 127 PUBLIC SQUARE
CLEVELAND, OH 44114-1291
OHIO
United States
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Cassandra Borchers
Work Department
Corporate Transactions & Securities and Investment Management
Position
Cassandra is a partner in the Corporate Transactions & Securities and Investment Management practice groups and Chair of our Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies group. She counsels clients on regulatory and compliance matters including all aspects of federal and state securities law and related issues, such as registration, regulatory reporting, registered fund matters (including mutual funds, interval funds and ETFs), private fund formation or other investment vehicles and compliance (including real estate funds, private equity funds, debt funds, hedge funds and venture capital funds) and cryptocurrency.
Cassandra’s practice has focused primarily on securities, investment capital, cryptocurrency and blockchain matters, corporate representation and governance matters, and all aspects of counseling mutual funds, ETFs and closed-end interval funds. She has assisted companies in securities offerings, including mutual funds, commodity pools, private equity, fund formation, registration, mergers and reorganizations. She has represented both issuing companies and investors in a variety of transactions, due diligence, digital assets and securities offerings.
Education
- University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1995, with honors
- Thomas More College, B.A., 1992, magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Thompson Hine LLP handles the full range of registered funds products, among which are mutual funds, interval funds, business development companies and increasingly exchange traded funds, with their clients ranging from broker-dealers to fund service providers and independent directors and trustees. Clients turn to the investment management team for support in structuring funds as well as on transactional and regulatory mandates. Columbus-based JoAnn Strasser leads the team and is well equipped to handle novel product development in the space, mergers and reorganizations as well as SEC examinations and staying compliant. Other key members of the Investment Management department are ETF expert Bibb Strench in Washington DC and Cassandra Borchers in Cincinnati.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Government > Government contracts
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport