Gamedev
We help game developers overcome legal barriers and make their projects successful. Our team provides support at all stages - from content creation and licensing to IP protection and compliance with local regulations. We help clients adapt their games to the requirements of the UAE market, while ensuring that they comply with international standards.
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International experience
Our team has extensive experience working with clients from various countries and jurisdictions, which allows us to successfully solve problems in the field of commercial and labor law, taking into account international standards. We take into account the cultural, legal and business features of different markets, providing our clients with legal support adapted to their global goals and needs.
Flexibility and innovative solutions for the gaming industry
We understand the specifics of the gaming industry and provide non-standard legal solutions suitable for both large developers and startups. Our team actively monitors technological trends and is always ready to offer relevant approaches to protect your projects.
Licensing and regulatory support
We help you through the UAE gaming licensing process, ensuring compliance with local and international regulators. Obtaining a license to develop and distribute games is an important step we take for our clients, opening up access to lucrative markets.
Our services
We help to start a business in the UAE and the Gulf countries, and also provide support on a wide range of issues.
Our cases
Support of the merger of the client's companies with a large international gaming holding
We developed a deal structure that allowed the client to receive a guaranteed payment for the sale of a group of companies (RF, UAE, Cyprus), but at the same time retain control over the gaming projects that they had previously implemented, but within the holding. As a result of the negotiations, we managed to exclude unfavorable conditions for the client, including those related to the extended limits of the client's liability, and narrow the range of representations of the client.
Preparation of a comparative analysis of the legal implications of the implementation of the project to create a video game museum in the UAE and Saudi Arabia
Conducted an analysis of international agreements, national legislation of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the USA to protect the company's rights from potential claims by copyright holders, assessing their impact on the project. Prepared flow charts with illustrations of when the use of someone else's intellectual property in a project is a violation, and when it is not, as well as what strategy should be chosen when building relationships with a specific copyright holder.
Analysis of game content for compliance with international age ratings
Analyzed the game content and assessed risks in accordance with various age ratings (PEGI, ESRB, etc.). Prepared detailed recommendations to prevent the game from being assigned the "adult" status. The recommendations helped the client maintain a marketing strategy for its usual audience.
Preparing a package of documents for launching a Web3 game on behalf of a company registered in the UAE
We analyzed the legislation of key jurisdictions, including the requirements of the European GDPR and local UAE legislation in the field of personal data, assessing their impact on the content of the documents. We took into account the presence of Play-to-Own and Compete-to-Earn mechanics and how it affects game processes and the game economy. We analyzed how NFT generation, NFT transactions and NFT ungeneration back into the character affect the account of a specific user and their rights and obligations. We selected the most favorable applicable law for the company and jurisdiction in disputes with users. The documents (Privacy Policy and Terms of Use) are prepared taking into account the requirements of the UAE, since the operator of personal data and the copyright holder of the game is a company registered in the UAE.
Analysis of a corporate structure in which various functions (game development and publishing, NFT trading) are distributed among companies in different jurisdictions
Prepared a tax burden forecast for two interdependent companies - a holding and an operating one, in which we assessed the tax consequences of different ways of structuring a business and setting up cash flows. Prepared a map for minimizing tax risks and risks of losing corporate control. Based on the analysis results, we prepared a set of contractual instruments for protecting investor interests (options, SHA, changes to the Charter).
Protecting a Game Developer's Domain Name Rights Through International Domain Arbitration
Selected domains that were potentially of great importance to the client's business and its business objectives, developed a strategy for obtaining rights to the selected domains, developed and filed a quasi-judicial application to the DDRP, in which the client's right to the domains was substantiated. The rights to both domains that the client was interested in were transferred to him.