Polsinelli has added Vanessa J. Schoenthaler as a shareholder in its New York office, strengthening the firm’s Securities & Corporate Finance Practice, adding depth in public company counseling, capital markets transactions and investment funds regulatory matters.

Schoenthaler advises companies, sponsor teams, financial intermediaries and investors as they raise capital, manage public company obligations and execute strategic transactions. Her practice spans equity and debt financing transactions, including initial public offerings of operating companies and SPACs, follow-on equity offerings, equity-linked offerings and debt offerings. She also counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, dispositions and equity compensation arrangements.

“In addition to adding depth to our public company capabilities, Vanessa’s experience enhances our investment funds and capital solutions practice,” said Kevin Vold, Chair of Polsinelli’s Securities & Corporate Finance Practice.

In addition to her capital markets and transactional work, Schoenthaler advises domestic and international sponsors, private funds and investment managers on fund formation and operations, investment adviser registration, regulatory compliance and investment structuring across a range of asset classes. She also represents institutional and other investors in connection with fund investments.

Schoenthaler added: “I’m excited to have joined Polsinelli’s outstanding Securities & Corporate Finance Practice and its growing New York office, and I look forward to collaborating with colleagues across the platform to better serve existing clients and expand the overall practice.”

She earned her J.D. from Pace University Law School and her B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is admitted in New York.

Polsinelli’s Securities & Corporate Finance attorneys combine significant transactional capabilities and regulatory knowledge with experience across a range of industries to help publicly traded and privately held companies plan and execute capital-raising transactions, address complex disclosure and regulatory issues and establish and maintain best-in-class governance policies and practices.