Cassandra Borchers > Thompson Hine LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Thompson Hine LLP
335 MADISON AVENUE
12TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10017-4611
NEW YORK
United States

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.