Due diligence of the game development industry – how to prepare for the (ad)venture.

Speaker’s bio

Senior associate at Squire Patton Boggs with wide-ranging experience in handling transactional, regulatory and contractual matters relating to data protection, IT and IP agreements, game dev, e-commerce, new technologies, cybersecurity and telecommunications. Author of professional and academic publications on the game dev sector. In his spare time an avid gamer (PlayStation and Nintendo Switch) and role-playing games admirer (since the Elder Scrolls Morrowind).

Speech description

The current economic and geopolitical situation and the controversy surrounding some US VC deals make investors more cautious when investing their capital. This will lead to a greater emphasis on the thoroughness of the target’s due diligence process and addressing specific risks in the transaction documentation. The speech will discuss the issues a game dev company should be aware of and the actions it should take.