As an associate in the Capital Markets & Commercial Lending practice group, Cassidy’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial led finance transactions, private credit transactions, securitization transactions and other structured finance transactions. She also advises on general corporate matters and post-closing secured financing issues. She partners with clients to help develop practical solutions, while prioritizing efficiency throughout the entirety of a deal.
In her securitization practice, Cassidy represents servicers, back-up managers, operating advisors and asset representations reviewers in CMBS transactions, ABS transactions and post-securitization issues involving securitized assets and collateralized loan obligations.
The other primary area of her practice includes representing both lenders and borrowers on acquisition financings, complex lending transactions, private equity finance transactions, loan on loan transactions, bridge loans, subordinated debt facilities, secured and unsecured credit facilities, ESOP financings, asset-based facilities and real estate lending transactions. She has represented a broad range of lenders, including private equity firms, large corporate and commercial banks and alternative lenders. Her representation of corporate borrowers includes public and privately held companies, private equity sponsors and middle-market companies within a range of industries, including health care and manufacturing.
Prior to joining the firm, Cassidy was a Polsinelli summer associate in 2019 and worked for a Fortune 500 manufacturing company during law school.
Education
- Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2020)
- Saint Louis University (B.S., cum laude, 2017)
- Business Administration
Bar Admission
- Missouri, 2020
Professional Affiliations
- Girls on the Run-St. Louis
- Board of Directors, 2025
- ACG St. Louis Emerging 20, 2025
- CRE Finance Council
- American Bar Association
- Missouri Bar Association
