Chris Seidl is a director and head of IP finance at Certum Group, where he leads Certum’s IP litigation funding, acquisitions, and licensing business. Chris has 25 years of experience monetising IP rights. Before joining Certum, Chris was a managing director at Fortress Investment Group. Chris was previously a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP in the IP and technology litigation group, where he practiced for 21 years. He represented plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes IP and business disputes. He has tried several patent cases to verdict, including a patent trial win that was upheld by the US Supreme Court. Chris is a member of the IAM Strategy 300. He's also been named an ‘IP trailblazer’ by the National Law Journal, a ‘client service all star’ by BTI Consulting Group, and ‘lawyer of the year’ for patent litigation by The Best Lawyers in America.