Lew founded Hamilton IPV and is recognized as an industry leader who has appeared in leading business publications and academic journals such as the Wall Street Journal, spoken at major IP industry events, and published a number of studies of the mobile licensing industry and also of the patent transaction market.

For major tech investors, Lew focuses on buy and sell-side IP due diligence and transaction execution for major M&A transactions and financial investments, as well as the valuation and evaluation of IP transactions including licenses, acquisitions and divestitures. For large tech operating companies, Lew develops corporate, IP department, and transaction/ dispute strategies. In this capacity, Lew has been honored to be a member of the IAM 300 top IP strategists list in each year since its inception (2009-2024).

Prior to establishing Hamilton IPV, Lew served as EVP of Advisory Services for ThinkFire, an IP industry boutique, and as a principal in Regis McKenna’s strategy consulting firm where he led marketing strategy development for high tech clients and investment due diligence for private equity and venture capital funds. Before that, Lew served as a management consultant in PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ Telecom Strategy practice and Andersen Consulting’s Technology practice.

Lew holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from University of Michigan.

Relevant publications include:
An Estimate of the Average Cumulative Royalty Yield in the World Mobile Phone Industry: Theory, Measurement and Results, by Alexander Galetovic, Stephen Haber, Lew Zaretzki, Telecommunications Policy (2018)

Is There an Anti-commons Tragedy in the Smartphone Industry?, by Alexander Galetovic, Stephen Haber, Lew Zaretzki, Berkeley Technology Law Journal (2017)

A New Dataset on Mobile Phone Patent License Royalties (2017 update), by Alexander Galetovic, Stephen Haber, Lew Zaretzki, Hoover Institution IP2 Working Paper Series