Adam Fleisher

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I focus on everything related to money transmission, payments and fintech – mostly because I enjoy building all types of payments products with companies at all stages of growth.

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StubHub Announces $800 Million IPO

September 18, 2025

Cooley advised the underwriters of StubHub Holdings, a global secondary ticketing marketplace for live events, in connection with StubHub’s $800 million initial public offering (IPO).

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Charlie Kim
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Kevin King
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Xander Lee
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James Maton
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Obrea Poindexter
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Sharon Connaughton
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David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Andrew Linch
Special Counsel, London
Kimberly Nguyen
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Randy Sabett
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Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Peter Burns
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Chelsea André
Associate, Colorado
Jasmine A. Banks
Associate, Washington, DC
Peter A. Haddad
Associate, San Diego
David D. Kim
Associate, San Francisco
Dana N. Levin
Associate, New York
Isabelle Mackesey
Associate, Reston
Liz Paisner
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Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Valerie Sapozhnikova
Associate, Los Angeles
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Santa Monica
Ryan Sim
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Arda Can Tekin
Associate, London
Lawrence Traylor
Associate, Santa Monica
Genevieve Lim Urban
Associate, Seattle
Veronica Cortes
Paralegal Specialist, New York
Melissa Eskola
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Margie Murphy
Paralegal Specialist, New York
Douglas Lyles
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Clubessential Holdings to Merge With Xplor Technologies

September 16, 2025

Cooley advised Clubessential Holdings, a global provider of software as a service and embedded payments solutions for membership-based organizations, backed by Battery Ventures and Silver Lake, on its definitive agreement to merge with Xplor Technologies, a platform providing software and embedded payments solutions to businesses in everyday life verticals, such as childcare and education, fitness and wellbeing, field services, and personal services.

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Associate, Boston
Daniel Tsai
Associate, Santa Monica
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
William Corcoran
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Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Thomas Connors
Partner, Boston
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
David Fletcher
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Caroline Hobson
Partner, London
Lyndsey M. Kruzer
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Izzy Lubarsky
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Kristen Mathews
Partner, New York
Michael McMahon
Partner, Boston
Obrea Poindexter
Partner, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
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Logan Tiari
Partner, Los Angeles
Rachel Shapiro
Associate, Colorado
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Jack Jones
Special Counsel, London
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Etenish Abebe
Associate, Boston
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
Anna Caro
Associate, London
Danielle Carvalho
Associate, Boston
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Allison Kutner
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Jacob R. Lahana
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Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Emily Mok
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Katrina Morris
Associate, Boston
Palmer Quamme
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Zach Sisko
Associate, Boston
Christine Thebaud
Associate, Washington, DC
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Associate, Colorado
Leanne Andrepont
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Megan Boss
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Paralegal Specialist, Boston
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Paralegal Specialist, Boston
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Meter Secures $170 Million Series C

June 12, 2025

Cooley advised Meter, a provider of internet infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, on its $170 million Series C financing round.

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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Joshua Elefant
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Greg Merchant
Associate, Palo Alto
Melody Van Horn
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Cerberus Announces Landmark Investment in Aquatech

April 3, 2025

Cooley advised Cerberus Capital Management, a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $65 billion in assets across complementary credit, real estate and private equity strategies, on its growth investment in Aquatech, a global leader in water technology and services for industrial and infrastructure markets.

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Scott Weston
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Reid Hooper
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Grant Schweikert
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Julie Wicklund
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Alanna B Zuchelli
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Jeremy M. Exelbert
Associate, New York
Jimmy Gilligan
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Michael Gladstone
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Associate, Washington, DC
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Associate, Chicago
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Battery Ventures-Backed PageUp To Be Acquired by EQT Partners

October 31, 2024

Cooley advised Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, and PageUp Group, a human resources and talent software company that had been majority owned by Battery, on the sale of PageUp to EQT Group.

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Associate, San Francisco
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Associate, Boston
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Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Erica Pedersen
Associate, Boston
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Associate, Boston
Mara Rosario
Associate, Boston
Lukas Roth
Associate
Sydney Sachs
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Matthew S. Scarano
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Mo Swart
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Adam is a highly experienced payment counsel who has both breadth and depth across the FinTech industry.
He consistently provides top-notch, practical legal advice.

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FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending

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