Introduction
We have a cross-disciplinary team advising on Gaming, Media and Entertainment mattes. Our team members have strong experience of advising and assisting companies in the gaming, media and entertainment sector, including film studios, video game makers, production houses, TV networks, telecoms and technology corporations, labels, new media companies on agreements, rights clearance, licensing, intellectual property and regulatory issues.
Key Contacts
Services
We regularly advise on:
- Rights clearance and licensing issues in film, TV, music and other content (both licensing in and licensing out)
- Content licensing agreements
- Content distribution agreements
- Re-mastering agreements
- Software licensing issues and agreements
- Advertising issues and agreements
- Sponsorship agreements
- Technology enabling agreements
- Sector relevant regulatory issues in HK and other jurisdictions
- Gambling regulation
- Web3 gaming arrangements
Experience
Lawyers in our Gaming, Media and Entertainment team have advised on:
- Rights clearance and licensing issues for a proposed VOD service
- Content licensing agreements for film and television programmes
- Standard agreements for licensing and distribution of content
- Re-mastering and archiving agreements for a large film library
- Licensing agreements (both in and out) for a pay per view service of Chinese language films
- Regulation of in-game assets, treasury management and token issuance in Web3 gaming