Christopher Serra Email & Phone Number

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

• Managed $2B+ in deal value, serving as the principal on all bespoke deal negotiations and the architect of deal structures and risk controls on all VR game funding programs.• Responsible for partner relationships with all major game publishers and film studio game licensing.• Navigated strategic company-first deals across divergent stakeholders spanning games, hardware, legal, finance, corpdev, regulatory, operations, accounting, and tax.

• Principal negotiator and deal architect of all revenue agreements for 100-person digital product studio. • Resolved disputes and escalations across 100+ clients including Fortune 500 firms. • Directly managed three outside legal counsel.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

• Negotiated, signed, and implemented wide variety of agreements for EA's third-party publishing label – strategic partnerships, game development, game distribution and publishing, completion bond financing, work-for-hire, middleware, testing and localization, and data privacy.• Fostered strong relationships by listening to partners, tailoring negotiations, and maintaining high integrity and credibility at all times. • Managed relationships with top game studios, major media companies, and financial institutions, including dispute resolution.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

• Managed $3B Rock Band partnership through launch across operations, sales, marketing, product, finance, and legal functions. • Oversight of global supply chain schedules, $20M monthly cost reporting, and emergency return program for 300K defective guitars.

Chicago, Il, Us

• Litigated and drafted patents in software and EE fields.• Led IP due diligence for software M&A transactions.**(Worked for same attorneys across 3 law firms -- Brobeck, then Paul Hastings, then Baker.)

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Master’S Degree, Computer Science