Keeping the Gaming Cluster Strong in Guildford
Charles Russell Speechlys is an international law firm with a Guildford office and a wealth of experience in the gaming sector.
Since 2015, the firm has played a key role in galvanising the Guildford games community, providing a forum for sharing insights, and helping to keep the Guildford games cluster strong on a national and international stage.
Nick Hurley (pictured above), Partner at Charles Russell Speechlys said: “As a co-founder of G3 Futures and the Guildford Games Festival, we are fully committed to strengthening the Games Hub in Guildford and the surrounding areas and supporting the 60+ games studios and community of around 3,000 highly-skilled programmers who collectively develop some of the most well-known video games in the world and have been doing so since the 1980s.”
Market-leading expertise
Rebecca Burford, Partner at Charles Russell Speechlys and Non-Executive Director of Guildford.Games explained: “The gaming and esports sector is one where the team at Charles Russell Speechlys have built market-leading expertise, with a client base which includes Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited (SIEE), Media Molecule, NCSOFT, SEGA and UKIE.
“Our understanding of the cross-platform nature of computer and social gaming, combined with our understanding of the underlying technology and rights issues, means we are in a fantastic position to provide legal advice to key players in the industry as well as businesses wishing to integrate gaming into services and campaigns.”
Charles Russell Speechlys’ experience ranges from assisting publishers of hardware-based computer games to operators of massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Its team advises investors, developers, publishers and licensees of computer games and esports on all aspects of regulation and compliance and wider business ventures and also supports independent developers, gaming and esport investors (and players), start-ups and educational establishments.
Nick Hurley concluded, “We have an impressive track record in combining our legal expertise with our in-depth gaming sector knowledge to help clients in this industry to grow their businesses and successfully navigate all legal challenges. Our legal support for start-ups through to multi-nationals is varied – from the full spectrum of commercial work, including licensing deals and IP protection, merchandising and all forms of rights exploitation agreements, through to employment law and immigration services, and litigation support on business disputes. We have also advised on numerous investments in and business sales of gaming companies.”
Fully committed to the gaming sector
Charles Russell Speechlys is proud to help fuel further growth in the phenomenally successful and highly innovative Guildford games cluster through the advice it gives to clients and the firm’s ongoing support of Guildford.Games. Guildford’s reputation as the ‘Hollywood of Video Games’ is unrivalled, and the Guildford Game hub continues to develop at pace.
To find out more, please contact:
Nick Hurley – Partner
020 7203 5039
Rebecca Burford – Partner
020 7203 8886
