Steven joined from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP, where he was an associate in the Commercial and Financial Disputes practice. Prior to joining Reynolds Porter Chamberlain in 2017, Steven trained at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, working in the firm’s London and Singapore offices. During his time in private practice, Steven advised on high profile litigation and international arbitration cases across sectors including energy, finance, litigation funding, mining and property management. Steven has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Warwick and is an experienced debater, having won multiple international debating tournaments.

Mark joined from AXA XL, where he worked a strategic analyst within the Financial Lines department focusing on strategic initiatives for amongst other the M&A insurance offering. Mark studied at the University of Nottingham, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Risk Management.

Anna Rojas manages all accounting, reporting, and financial operations for the company. Prior to joining VALE, Anna worked at a regional public accounting firm where she serviced clients in a wide variety of industries.

Anna graduated from Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business with a B.S. in Accounting and received her CPA license in January 2010.

Anna is a Vice President on the Contingent Risks and ATE team.  Prior to joining VALE, she came from an in-house litigation role at CMC Markets, a fintech firm, where she focussed on regulatory, contractual and debt-related disputes. Prior to that, Anna was a litigator at Travers Smith LLP, where she worked on a range of disputes including class action competition cases, internal investigations and financial/regulatory disputes.

Managing Director and Co-Head of Intellectual Property. He has worked in finance and IP for his career and has a broad network of relationships in the IP industry. He was most recently with RKIP Management LLC where he worked with investors looking to make investments into companies with IP. Previously he managed the licensing of patent portfolios for large corporations and was part of the original team at RPX Corporation in San Francisco. RPX manages patent risk for its technology clients, and while he was there he led the development of the RPX Risk Retention Group, which offers IP liability insurance policies.

He received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, his JD from the Northwestern University School of Law and his BA from Williams College.