diff --git a/Sources/Utilities/TrustFunctions.swift b/Sources/Utilities/TrustFunctions.swift
index 4296acc..0c6eca3 100644
--- a/Sources/Utilities/TrustFunctions.swift
+++ b/Sources/Utilities/TrustFunctions.swift
@@ -56,3 +56,8 @@ func parseCertificates(from data: Data) -> [Certificate] {
     }
   }
 }
+
+func parseCertificateData(_ data: Data) -> [String] {
+  let header = try? JSON(data: data)
+  return header?["x5c"].array?.compactMap { $0.stringValue } ?? []
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Verifier/SDJWTVCVerifier.swift b/Sources/Verifier/SDJWTVCVerifier.swift
index fdf1b15..b3e4dde 100644
--- a/Sources/Verifier/SDJWTVCVerifier.swift
+++ b/Sources/Verifier/SDJWTVCVerifier.swift
@@ -24,20 +24,6 @@ private let HTTPS_URI_SCHEME = "https"
 private let DID_URI_SCHEME = "did"
 private let SD_JWT_VC_TYPE = "vc+sd-jwt"
 
-public protocol X509CertificateTrust {
-  func isTrusted(chain: [Certificate]) async -> Bool
-}
-
-struct X509CertificateTrustNone: X509CertificateTrust {
-  func isTrusted(chain: [Certificate]) async -> Bool {
-    return false
-  }
-}
-
-public struct X509CertificateTrustFactory {
-  public static let none: X509CertificateTrust = X509CertificateTrustNone()
-}
-
 /**
  * A protocol to look up public keys from DIDs/DID URLs.
  */
diff --git a/Sources/Verifier/X509CertificateChainVerifier.swift b/Sources/Verifier/X509CertificateChainVerifier.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7722e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Verifier/X509CertificateChainVerifier.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 European Commission
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import Foundation
+import X509
+import SwiftASN1
+import Security
+
+public protocol X509CertificateTrust {
+  func isTrusted(chain: [Certificate]) async -> Bool
+}
+
+struct X509CertificateTrustNone: X509CertificateTrust {
+  func isTrusted(chain: [Certificate]) async -> Bool {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
+public struct X509CertificateTrustFactory {
+  public static let none: X509CertificateTrust = X509CertificateTrustNone()
+}
+
+public typealias Base64Certificate = String
+
+public enum ChainTrustResult: Equatable {
+  case success
+  case recoverableFailure(String)
+  case failure
+}
+
+public enum DataConversionError: Error {
+  case conversionFailed(String)
+}
+
+public struct X509CertificateChainVerifier: X509CertificateTrust {
+
+  public init() {}
+  
+  public func isChainTrustResultSuccesful(_ result: ChainTrustResult) -> Bool {
+    return result != .failure
+  }
+  
+  public func isTrusted(chain: [Certificate]) async -> Bool {
+    let result = try? verifyCertificateChain(certificates: chain)
+    return result != .failure
+  }
+  
+  public func verifyCertificateChain(base64Certificates: [Base64Certificate]) throws -> ChainTrustResult {
+    
+    let certificates = try convertStringsToData(
+      base64Strings: base64Certificates
+    ).compactMap {
+      SecCertificateCreateWithData(nil, $0 as CFData)
+    }
+    
+    if certificates.isEmpty {
+      return .failure
+    }
+    
+    // Create a certificate trust object
+    var trust: SecTrust?
+    let policy = SecPolicyCreateBasicX509()
+    
+    // Set the certificate chain and policy for trust evaluation
+    SecTrustCreateWithCertificates(certificates as CFTypeRef, policy, &trust)
+    
+    // Evaluate the trust
+    var trustResult: SecTrustResultType = .invalid
+    _ = SecTrustEvaluate(trust!, &trustResult)
+    
+    // Check if the trust evaluation was successful
+    if trustResult == .unspecified {
+      return .success
+      
+    } else if trustResult == .recoverableTrustFailure {
+      var error: CFError?
+      _ = SecTrustEvaluateWithError(trust!, &error)
+      return .recoverableFailure(error?.localizedDescription ?? "Unknown .recoverableFailure")
+      
+    } else {
+      return .failure
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public func verifyCertificateChain(certificates: [Certificate]) throws -> ChainTrustResult {
+    
+    let certificates = certificates.map {
+      convertCertificateToBase64(certificate: $0)
+    }.compactMap {
+      $0
+    }.compactMap {
+      SecCertificateCreateWithData(nil, $0 as CFData)
+    }
+    
+    if certificates.isEmpty {
+      return .failure
+    }
+    
+    // Create a certificate trust object
+    var trust: SecTrust?
+    let policy = SecPolicyCreateBasicX509()
+    
+    // Set the certificate chain and policy for trust evaluation
+    SecTrustCreateWithCertificates(certificates as CFTypeRef, policy, &trust)
+    
+    // Evaluate the trust
+    var trustResult: SecTrustResultType = .invalid
+    _ = SecTrustEvaluate(trust!, &trustResult)
+    
+    // Check if the trust evaluation was successful
+    if trustResult == .unspecified {
+      return .success
+      
+    } else if trustResult == .recoverableTrustFailure {
+      var error: CFError?
+      _ = SecTrustEvaluateWithError(trust!, &error)
+      return .recoverableFailure(error?.localizedDescription ?? "Unknown .recoverableFailure")
+      
+    } else {
+      return .failure
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public func checkCertificateValidAndNotRevoked(base64Certificate: Base64Certificate) throws -> Bool{
+    
+    let certificates = try convertStringsToData(
+      base64Strings: [base64Certificate]
+    ).compactMap {
+      SecCertificateCreateWithData(nil, $0 as CFData)
+    }
+    
+    guard
+      certificates.count == 1
+    else {
+      return false
+    }
+    
+    if let certificate = certificates.first {
+      
+      // Create a policy for certificate validation
+      let policy = SecPolicyCreateBasicX509()
+      
+      // Create a trust object with the certificate and policy
+      var trust: SecTrust?
+      if SecTrustCreateWithCertificates(certificate, policy, &trust) == errSecSuccess {
+        
+        // Set the OCSP responder URL
+        let ocspResponderURL = URL(string: "http://ocsp.example.com")!
+        SecTrustSetNetworkFetchAllowed(trust!, true)
+        SecTrustSetOCSPResponse(trust!, ocspResponderURL as CFURL)
+        
+        // Evaluate the trust
+        var trustResult: SecTrustResultType = .invalid
+        if SecTrustEvaluate(trust!, &trustResult) == errSecSuccess {
+          if trustResult == .proceed || trustResult == .unspecified {
+            return true
+          } else if trustResult == .deny || trustResult == .fatalTrustFailure {
+            return false
+          } else {
+            return false
+          }
+        } else {
+          return false
+        }
+      } else {
+        return false
+      }
+      
+    } else {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public func areCertificatesLinked(
+    rootCertificateBase64: String,
+    otherCertificateBase64: String
+  ) -> Bool {
+    guard
+      let rootCertificateData = Data(base64Encoded: rootCertificateBase64),
+      let otherCertificateData = Data(base64Encoded: otherCertificateBase64)
+    else {
+      return false // Invalid Base64-encoded data
+    }
+    
+    // Create SecCertificate objects from DER data
+    if let rootCertificate = SecCertificateCreateWithData(nil, rootCertificateData as CFData),
+       let otherCertificate = SecCertificateCreateWithData(nil, otherCertificateData as CFData) {
+      
+      // Create a trust object and evaluate it
+      var trust: SecTrust?
+      var policy: SecPolicy?
+      
+      policy = SecPolicyCreateBasicX509()
+      let policies = [policy!] as CFArray
+      
+      let status = SecTrustCreateWithCertificates([rootCertificate] as CFArray, policies, &trust)
+      
+      if status == errSecSuccess {
+        SecTrustSetAnchorCertificates(trust!, [rootCertificate] as CFArray)
+        
+        let otherCertificates = [otherCertificate] as CFArray
+        SecTrustSetAnchorCertificatesOnly(trust!, true)
+        SecTrustSetAnchorCertificates(trust!, otherCertificates)
+        
+        var trustResult: SecTrustResultType = .invalid
+        SecTrustEvaluate(trust!, &trustResult)
+        
+        return trustResult == .unspecified || trustResult == .proceed
+      }
+    }
+    
+    return false // The certificates are not linked
+  }
+}
+
+private extension X509CertificateChainVerifier {
+  
+  func convertCertificateToBase64(certificate: Certificate) -> Data? {
+    do {
+      // Encode the certificate to DER format using SwiftASN1
+      var serializer = DER.Serializer()
+      try serializer.serialize(certificate)
+      let derData = Data(serializer.serializedBytes)
+      return derData
+    } catch {
+      return nil
+    }
+  }
+  
+  func convertStringsToData(base64Strings: [String]) throws -> [Data] {
+    var dataObjects: [Data] = []
+    for base64String in base64Strings {
+      if let data = Data(base64Encoded: base64String),
+         let string = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)?.removeCertificateDelimiters(),
+         let encodedData = Data(base64Encoded: string) {
+        dataObjects.append(encodedData)
+      } else {
+        throw DataConversionError.conversionFailed("Failed to convert base64 string: \(base64String)")
+      }
+    }
+    
+    return dataObjects
+  }
+}