Katharine Wolanyk

Managing Director, Arizona

+1 312 757 6070

Katharine Wolanyk is a Managing Director at Burford Capital, where she heads the global patent business. She leads Burford’s patent finance activities, overseeing the origination, underwriting and structuring of new financing opportunities, as well as the management of legal finance assets within Burford’s patent portfolio. Her background combines extensive experience in intellectual property, legal finance and corporate leadership, advising clients on patent monetization, litigation funding and strategic IP matters.

Experience

Gerchen Keller Capital, LLC

Principal
Soverain Software

President, Chief Legal Officer, Founder
Terremark Worldwide, Inc.

Intellectual Property Counsel
Data Return LLC

General Counsel
Latham & Watkins

Corporate Attorney
Hughes Aircraft Co.

Systems Engineer

Education

University of Chicago Law School

JD
Michigan State University

BS, Engineering

Professional affiliations

Acacia Research

Board Member
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Member, Board of Managers
University of Chicago Law School

Member, Visiting Committee

Recognition

Chambers and Partners

Band 1 - US Litigation Funding: Intellectual Property

2024-2026

IAM Strategy 300

The World’s Leading IP Strategists

2015-2025

Lawdragon

Global 100 Leaders in Legal Finance

2020-2023

Lawdragon

100 Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists

2017-2021

Notable news and publications

Blog Key takeaways: How AI and legal finance are changing patent monetization

Video Webcast: Unlocking value from corporate patent portfolios

Burford Quarterly Patents as capital: Asia's next chapter in IP monetization

Burford Quarterly Smarter patents, smarter strategy: How AI analytics and legal finance are changing corporate IP monetization

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Experience

Gerchen Keller Capital, LLC

Soverain Software

Terremark Worldwide, Inc.

Data Return LLC

Latham & Watkins

Hughes Aircraft Co.

Education

University of Chicago Law School

Michigan State University

Professional affiliations

Acacia Research

YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

University of Chicago Law School

Recognition

Notable news and publications

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