Cassandra Mott represents both capital providers and capital users, including private equity funds and their portfolio companies, in a variety of commercial transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged buyout financings related to acquisitions and recapitalizations. According to Chambers USA 2013 by Chambers and Partners, she is an "exceptional practitioner with great business sense."
Cassandra has structured, negotiated, and documented senior, subordinated, mezzanine, and unitranche financing facilities of many types, including single, "club" and multi-bank, syndicated, general working capital, investment-grade credit, asset-based, cash flow, first lien and second lien, and multijurisdictional facilities. Cassandra also advises clients on intercreditor matters, helping them structure and negotiate transactions with multiple debt tranches and lien priorities. Her practice also includes advising clients on in-court and out-of-court debt restructurings.
She has worked on many transactions both domestically and internationally. In addition, her industry experience is vast and includes transactions in numerous businesses such as oil and gas, chemicals, consumer products, healthcare, technology, retail, transportation, and manufacturing.
Cassandra serves on the Global Board of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and is past president of the Houston Chapter of the ACG. She co-chaired the 2018 Texas ACG Capital Connection. Cassandra also serves on the Stewardship Committee of the Houston Food Bank, and is a member of the Greater Houston Partnership's Executive Women's Partnership. She also serves on Thompson & Knight’s Management Committee.