Adam Fleisher

Partner
afleisher@cooley.com
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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 for companies at all stages of growth.

About Adam

Adam works with innovative companies as they navigate the complex financial services regulatory landscape. Leveraging a broad and deep payments regulatory practice with unique knowledge and perspective on money transmission, Adam advises clients at every point of the enterprise life cycle, from early-stage and emerging enterprises to publicly traded corporations.

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Passions

My two kids

Reading, hiking, boxing (recreational)

Playing and watching sports

Payments and money transmission (seriously)

Experience

Perceptive Advisors Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement With Vapotherm

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

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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Payapps to Be Acquired by Autodesk

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January 26, 2024

Cooley advised cloud-based construction software company Payapps and its private equity sponsor IFM Investors on a definitive agreement in which Payapps will be acquired by Autodesk, a multinational software company.

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Yieldstreet Completes Acquisition of Cadre

Yieldstreet Completes Acquisition of Cadre

January 23, 2024

Cooley advised Yieldstreet, a leading private market investing platform, on its acquisition of Cadre, an online real estate-focused investment platform that serves institutional and high net worth investors.

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Ramp Announces $300 Million Series D

Ramp Announces $300 Million Series D

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Cooley advised Ramp, a finance automation platform, on its $300 million Series D financing.

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Admissions and credentials

California

District of Columbia

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