Michael Friedman is Chief Executive Officer and founder of Hilco IP Merchant Banking, an integrated provider of intellectual property advisory and monetization services, and principal investor in IP-related transactions. Under his direction, the company acquires and monetizes the highest quality IP to provide liquidity and risk transfer to leading technology businesses.

Michael formerly held the position of Managing Director at Ocean Tomo, LLC, where he headed its IP Asset Management business, served as Chief Investment Officer, and headed Investment Banking. Prior to that, he founded and was Managing Partner of FHS Investments, LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund, and served as a managing director and co-head of Special Situations investing at UBS AG. He practiced mergers and acquisitions and securities law for a number of years before joining the investment community.