Kostya Lobov (Harbottle & Lewis) & Jessica Bourne (Ninja Theory‪)‬ GILS Community Podcast

This week we chat with KOSTYA LOBOV (Senior Associate at Harbottle & Lewis in London, 🇬🇧 UK) and JESSICA BOURNE (Legal Counsel at Ninja Theory in Cambridge, 🇬🇧 UK).

• in-house counsel as “the GP of the studio”

• why would you want to work at a law firm?

• why would you want to work in-house?

• how exactly does it help if you, as a lawyer, enjoy playing video games

• the benefits of working at an independent law firm

• the benefits of working within a “family” of studios supported by a global legal team

• international litigation as a jigsaw puzzle

• are UK lawyers being too conservative about suing people when given a chance?


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Games Industry Law Summit 2020 is presented by Beiten Burkhardt & MSK.

The event is sponsored by Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie, Fenwick & West, Insight Studio Legale, Miller Thomson, Osborne Clarke, Perkins Coie, Purewal & Partners, Taylor Wessing & Wiggin.

We're also thankful for the additional support provided by Chrysostomides, DLA Piper, DZP, Harbottle & Lewis, IHDE & Partner, Karamanolis, Ozdagistanli Ekici, Pillar Legal, Semenov & Pevzner & Wargaming.