Litigation Funding: Intellectual Property - USA - Nationwide
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What the Team is Known For
Strengths
Parabellum stand head and shoulders above any other funder I have dealt with. The folks there are incredible, perceptive, smart and helpful about actual litigation itself. They find resources and strategic advice but also let the lawyers do what they are supposed to.
Parabellum are best-in-class for litigation funding and underwriting capability.
Parabellum are at their best dissecting complex matters.
Work Highlights
Parabellum Capital provided funding to Atlas Data Privacy Corporation to pursue data privacy litigation against data brokers.
Notable practitioners
Sean Thompson is a managing director of intellectual property investment strategies and general counsel at Parbellum Capital. He is a former patent litigator who also previously served as senior litigation counsel at a patent licensing entity.
Sean Thompson is an excellent expert and a brilliant person who is not hesitant to do hands-on work. He is also always looking for workable solutions.
Sean Thompson's very unique background combines finance, litigation, in-house and outside counsel. It is that background that allows for a level of sophisticated analysis and vision that is not found elsewhere.
Sean Thompson is a seasoned professional that knows how to focus on the issues that matter and not get distracted by issues that don't.
Sean Thompson's litigation and technical background stand out. Sean works hard to provide unique solutions to meet my business needs. His responsiveness is second to none.
Sean Thompson has excellent legal credentials paired with excellent financial credentials. He's as smart as they get. He understands patent litigation better than many practicing patent litigators, and can conceive of patent litigations in a financial context and as a financial investment. He's perfectly suited to this job, and he does a great job in developing and closing opportunities, and overall return.
Aaron Katz is a co-founder and chief investment officer of Parabellum Capital. Katz is well respected by clients and peers alike.
Aaron Katz is great. He thinks outside the box and is always happy to help.
Aaron Katz is exceptionally sophisticated in terms of his prior legal background and his understanding of funding needs.
Howard Shams co-founded Parabellum Capital and serves as its chief executive officer. He is a strategic leader at the firm and a member of its investment committee. Shams is a well-respected litigation funder and is considered one of the pioneers of the industry from his time at Credit Suisse, where he helped create the investment bank's legal risk and finance business.
Howard Shams is very perceptive and has a deep understanding of commercial issues.
Howard Shams is a seasoned industry veteran, an excellent businessman and extremely knowledgeable.
Yvonne Lee is a director at Parabellum with previous experience of IP litigation at leading law firms. She is well regarded for her insight on patent matters.
Yvonne Lee is a very talented patent attorney with great real world experience and a technical background. We have appreciated her input on difficult technical patent law issues. Her ability to tie these technical issues to commercial realities of a situation is also quite strong and very much appreciated.
Yvonne Lee provides sophisticated analysis of each situation and case. Her input and thoughts are invaluable.
Yvonne Lee's legal and technical skills are a huge asset to Parabellum's clients.
Yvonne Lee is extremely responsive and very reasonable in her approach to each opportunity. She is engaged from start to finish and is a good partner in managing projects as well.
Yvonne Lee's litigation and technical background are strengths that set her apart. She is incredibly responsive and sensitive to our business needs. Yvonne is a valued partner.
Moshe Schwartz is a portfolio manager at Parabellum Capital. He is responsible for investment structuring and management for a broad range of cases from competition cases, bankruptcy, arbitration, enforcement to class action litigation.
Moshe Schwartz is one of the most creative and sophisticated finance and legal professionals I have ever met.
Moshe Schwartz always provides insightful feedback on litigation funding nuances.
