JoAnn Strasser > Thompson Hine LLP > Columbus, United States > Lawyer Profile

Thompson Hine LLP
41 SOUTH HIGH STREET
SUITE 1700
COLUMBUS, OH 43215-6101
OHIO
United States

Work Department

Corporate Transactions & Securities/Investment Management/Securities & Shareholder Litigation

Position

JoAnn is a partner and vice chair of our Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group and her practice focuses on the representation of registered funds, including ETFs, mutual funds, closed-end funds and interval funds, private funds, and registered investment advisers. She works with a broad spectrum of clients, from large, well established fund complexes to entrepreneurial investment advisers registering unique “first to market” funds. With over 20 years’ experience in private practice, she has the depth of experience necessary to identify issues, solve problems, and enable clients to achieve their business objectives.

Education

  • University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1994
  • University of Cincinnati, B.U.P., 1982, 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.