Joshua Holleman

Cooley advised Rooam, a contactless payment platform that integrates directly into existing point of sale systems without adding extra hardware, on its agreement to be acquired by American Express (NYSE: AXP), a globally integrated payments company providing customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success.

Cooley advised Nuvalence, a technology consultancy firm, on its acquisition by EY to accelerate the delivery of platform engineering, product development, and generative artificial intelligence platform-enabled services to organizations across industries and sectors.

Cooley advised Curv, a leading provider of cloud-based infrastructure for cryptocurrency security, on its agreement to sell to PayPal. Lawyers Derek Colla, Josh Holleman and Justin Rattigan led the Cooley team advising Curv.

Cooley advised AppHarvest, a leading public agtech company and certified B Corp, on its acquisition of Root AI, an AI farming startup that creates intelligent robots to help manage high-tech indoor farms. In addition to advising on corporate matters, Cooley's IP team handled all patent due diligence aspects of the deal. Partner Josh Holleman led the Cooley team advising AppHarvest.

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Cooley advised Splice, a developer of a music creation platform, on its agreement to acquire Superpowered, a developer of a mobile-based audio application. Partner Sacha Ross led the Cooley team.