Thompson Hine elected new partners, across five of the firm’s Ohio offices, including Business Litigation, Business Restructuring, Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy, Commercial and Public Finance, Corporate Transactions and Securities and International Trade and Customs.
“We are pleased to welcome these attorneys to our partnership. Each of these lawyers exhibits exceptional skill in his or her area of practice, and demonstrates our firm’s commitment to helping clients achieve their business goals through the efficient, transparent delivery of legal services. As future firm leaders, we look forward to the innovative ideas they will contribute to advance our goal of providing enhanced value to clients,” said Deborah Z. Read, Thompson Hine’s managing partner.
The new partners include:
Cassandra W. Borchers, a member of the Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group in Cincinnati, counsels clients on regulatory and compliance matters, including all aspects of federal and state securities law and related issues, such as registration, regulatory reporting and compliance, private fund, closed-end fund and mutual fund matters. Her practice focuses primarily on securities, fund matters and compliance, finance and venture capital and corporate representation and governance matters.
Sarah Chambers, a member of the firm’s Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group in Columbus, counsels clients in a wide variety of areas, including mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, capital raising and financing activities, executive employment and separations, equity and equity-based compensation, commercial agreements, entity formation, organization and governance. Her experience also includes negotiating and drafting transactional documents, primarily on behalf of private companies, as well as advising on various complex corporate issues, including governance matters.
Jonathan S. Hawkins, a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy practice group in Dayton, focuses his practice on parties’ rights and remedies under the Uniform Commercial Code, Bankruptcy Code and state law, in and out of court. In addition, he assists lenders, buyers and sellers in transactions, frequently in a distressed context, such as receiverships, workouts and bankruptcy proceedings.
Richard E. Helm is a member of the firm’s Commercial & Public Finance practice group in Dayton. He advises both banks and corporate borrowers on secured and unsecured commercial loan transactions, including the negotiation and drafting of loan agreements and related security documents, as well as the authorizing corporate documentation of the borrower. Such matters have included financing arrangements for term and revolving lending.
William M. Henry, a member of the Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group in Cleveland, has extensive experience in middle-market M&A transactions, having negotiated and closed transactions ranging in value from less than $1 million to over $500 million, with an aggregate value exceeding $3 billion over his career. His clients include private equity firms as well as privately held and publicly traded Fortune 1000 companies.