“He receives plaudits from sources for his expertise in the intellectual property field”
Sean Thompson
Managing Director —
IP Investments,
General Counsel
(212) 726-2644 | sthompson@parabellumcap.com
Sean is responsible for Parabellum’s investments in the intellectual property space. He also serves as the firm’s General Counsel.
Ranked as one of the five leading IP funding practitioners by Chambers, Sean is also a member of the IAM Strategy 300 and has been recognized as one of 100 global leaders in legal finance by LawDragon.
Sean is an experienced IP litigator, having represented both patent owners and accused infringers. Before joining Parabellum, Sean was senior litigation counsel at a leading patent licensing firm. Prior to that, he was patent litigator at WilmerHale, where he represented some of the largest technology and pharmaceutical companies in the world. While at WilmerHale, he litigated cases involving patents directed to a wide range of technologies, including semiconductors, unmanned aerial vehicles, and pharmaceutical processes. Sean began his career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Sean earned his joint J.D./LL.M. from Cornell Law School, where he was an editor of the Cornell Law Review. He received his B.A. from Boston College and his M.S. from the London School of Economics.