Lesley P. Adamo

• Represented FINTOP Capital, a venture capital firm focused on financial technology (fintech) companies, in leading a $10 million Series B funding round in Amaryllis Payment Solutions, a payment facilitation platform for financial institutions, software and SaaS companies.
• Represented a boutique applied analytics and data science consultancy in its acquisition by a multinational professional services company.
• Represented TRANZACT, and its executive management team, a provider of comprehensive, direct-to-consumer sales and marketing solutions for leading insurance carriers in the United States, in its $1.4 billion sale to Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, brokering and solutions company.
• Represented Ethoca, a global provider of technology solutions that help merchants and card issuers collaborate in real-time to quickly identify and resolve fraud in digital commerce, in its acquisition by Mastercard (NYSE: MA).
• Represented Cambium Learning Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABCD), a leading SaaS educational technology solutions company, in its $900 million acquisition by Veritas Capital, a New York-based private-equity firm.
• Represented Regulatory Professionals, Inc., a global integrated regulatory outsourcing providers to the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device industries, in its acquisition by Premier Research, a global provider of clinical development services to biopharmaceutical product innovators.
• Represented FTP Power LLC (sPower), the largest independent owner, operator, and developer of utility-scale solar assets in the United States, in its $2.1 billion sale to affiliates of The AES Corporation and Alberta Investment Management Corporation by Fir Tree Partners and sPower’s minority owners.
• Represented The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, in its $1.45 billion acquisition of Too Faced, one of the fastest-growing makeup brands in the specialty-multi and online categories.
• Represented The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in its acquisitions of BECCA Cosmetics, RODIN olio lusso, and Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics.
• Represented TRANZACT, the leading provider of direct-to-consumer sales and marketing solutions for insurance carriers in the United States, in its sale to private equity fund Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
• Represented 160over90, a national branding and creative services agency, in the sale of a majority stake to Searchlight Capital Partners, a private equity firm.
• Represented The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in its acquisition of By Kilian, a Paris-based prestige fragrance brand.
• Represented System One Holdings, LLC’s management team, a leading professional staffing company focused on the nuclear wind and solar industries, in connection with Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P.’s investment in System One.

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