Erich is the Founder and a Managing Director at Sauvegarder Investment Management (SIM). He is regularly recognized as one of the world’s top 50 IP strategists, credited with being one of the people that is changing the way people think about and use patents. After an early career that included law firm partner, investment banker and business executive, Erich had a very successful 10+ year run as one of the world’s leading global “patent trolls,” followed by a $1.5 billion-dollar hedge fund partnership using the AIA to invalidate weak drug patents and followed by founding and being the CEO of IPwe. Erich has been involved as a principal in over 1,000 licensing transactions that generated over $500 million in revenue and as a principal and advisor on over $2 billion of patent financing and acquisition transactions. SIM is a multi-strategy investment firm dedicated to IP-related financing and investment opportunities including structured senior debt, structured equity, royalty acquisition and high-value licensing and monetization campaigns. SIM invests across IP as an asset class and across jurisdictions, primarily focusing on the US, Europe and Israel. Erich is also the Chairman and CEO of SIM Acquisition Corp I which is a healthcare focused $230 million SPAC.