Digital Entertainment
Our Approach
Game producers need specialist expertise in IP, licensing, regulatory, data protection and compliance issues. They also need wider advice as Digital Entertainment is not a game - it is a business.
Salans has an exceptional expertise and market reputation in the field of Digital Entertainment. We know that this industry is not only confronted with all aspects of the gaming law, but also with issues of its own, most of which were unaddressed and unforeseen just 5 years ago. We deal with Digital Entertainment issues for major international Gaming Companies in Europe and the United States.
We know that the Digital Entertainment industry needs advisors with a different approach:
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Not just providing commodity legal services, but really understanding the core of your business
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Making the most of tax optimised corporate structures
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Coordinating all relevant privacy and data protection issues, wherever and whenever you need
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Negotiating, protecting and exploiting your intellectual property agreements
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Protecting your interests vis-à-vis third-party investors - Banks, Venture Capital or Private Equity Funds
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Providing strategic advice to perfectly position and grow your business.
Our Digital Entertainment Group addresses all these aspects and many more. If needed, our wider expertise in corporate, regulatory, tax, real estate, employment and banking & finance will enter the game too.
Our Services
We provide advice on all matters relating to:
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R&D agreements, protection and exploitation of all types of Intellectual Property, transfer, licensing and publishing agreements
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Regulatory and public law issues, including privacy and data protection issues, child protection issues
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Regulation, supply and operation of telecommunications, ISP and broadcast services as well as information technology, including complex licensing agreements
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Internet, media and entertainment
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Related corporate / M&A, finance and tax matters
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Payment and monetarisation solutions, including relevant VAT, duty and levy issues
Selected Transactions
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Advising Gameforge Group, one of the world’s leading MMOG publishers, on various joint ventures and foundations in
France,
China,
Germany and the
US
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Advising a renowned online gaming company in the development of data protection policies; analysis of privacy laws, the EU Directive and
Safe
Harbor compliance
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Representing a
US online casino in negotiation of gaming software contract and data protection measures
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Advising a group of founders on the establishment of a multinational social & mobile gaming group, including multinational VAT issues, data protection and privacy issues
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Advising a major UK-based international online betting company on online sports betting, gambling advertising, poker tournaments, as well as on criminal and administrative sanctions for breach of regulations
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Representing a leading Chinese internet company in acquiring a PRC-based ranking website through an offshore transaction
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Advising a leading MMOG-Publisher on multinational licensing agreements