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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My two kids

Reading, hiking, boxing (recreational)

Playing and watching sports

Payments and money transmission (seriously)

Experience

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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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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Transact Campus Announces $1.6 Billion Sale to Roper Technologies

August 15, 2024

Cooley advised Reverence Capital Partners’ portfolio company Transact Campus, an innovative campus technology and payment solutions company, on a definitive agreement signed by Reverence Capital Partners to sell Transact to Roper Technologies for $1.6 billion.

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Partner, Colorado
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Partner, Santa Monica
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Perceptive Advisors Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement With Vapotherm

June 17, 2024

Cooley advised Perceptive Advisors, a top healthcare investment firm, and its affiliates, including Perceptive Discovery Fund, on its definitive merger agreement with Vapotherm, a publicly traded developer and manufacturer of advanced respiratory technology based in Exeter, New Hampshire, and listed as VAPO on the over-the-counter quotation exchange (OTCQX).

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IVP Raises $1.6 Billion 18th Fund

March 28, 2024

Cooley advised Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), one of Silicon Valley’s original venture firms, on the raise of its $1.6 billion 18th fund to partner with transformational technology companies and help supercharge their growth.

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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.

Client quote, Chambers USA 2024

FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending