Christopher Freeman

Christopher Freeman is a Managing Director at Burford Capital with responsibility for assessing and underwriting patent finance opportunities. He evaluates intellectual property matters and patent monetization campaigns and structures financing arrangements that align the interests of claimants, law firms and funders.

Prior to joining Burford, Christopher was a vice president and head of litigation at Blackbird Technologies, a company he co-founded in 2014. There, he oversaw business operations and helped build one of the most prominent patent acquisition and licensing businesses in the United States, growing the firm to a portfolio of more than 100 patents and applications.

Earlier in his career, Christopher was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and practiced at Latham & Watkins and Quinn Emanuel.

Christopher earned his JD from Boston University School of Law and holds a BS from Northwestern University.