“Janet is a true partner to us. She knows us well, helps us find the right solution, and is a strong subject matter expert. As a bonus, she is a joy to work with.”
— Chambers USA 2025
Janet Spreen focuses her practice on advising public companies on securities law compliance matters and capital markets transactions. Her experience includes sophisticated equity and debt offerings, public company mergers and extensive counseling on securities disclosure, compliance with SEC and stock exchange requirements, corporate governance, investor relations matters, equity plans and executive compensation. She is a former leader of BakerHostetler’s Capital Markets and Securities and Corporate Governance practice team.
Janet also advises significant stockholders of publicly traded companies on their reporting obligations and has several years of experience assisting with corporate governance, international entity management and other matters for clients in on-site roles.
Janet has also served as a member of the Hiring Committee, Chair of the Cleveland office's Women’s Forum and a member of the firmwide Women’s Forum.
