In the first issue of this community podcast, we have two guests: ROMAN ZANIN (General Counsel at Wargaming in Nicosia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus) and RYAN BLACK (Partner at DLA Piper in Vancouver, 🇨🇦 Canada). Here's what we spoke about – * does a particular law school that you graduated from, matter for building a career in the games industry? * how do you know that the legal team at your global games company is "big enough" or "small enough"? * what it's like to work at a global law firm VS working at a national law firm? * how do games companies choose law firms for particular projects, and does "community reputation" count? * what is responsible, to a large degree, for good or bad experience in working with a particular law firm/games company? * do in-house counsels and law firm lawyers have to "love" video games, or that does not affect the work product? * will the international games industry grow stronger through the COVID-19 pandemics experience, and what are the challenges? If you have any questions or suggestions, do feel free to drop us a line at the Summit's Discord server (open to attendees and their close contacts). You can also follow future episodes by subscribing to the Summit's newsletter: HERE. --- 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 very thankful for the additional support provided by: Chrysostomides, DLA Piper, DZP, Go Vilnius, Harbottle & Lewis, IHDE & Partner, Invest Lithuania, Karamanolis, Ozdagistanli Ekici, Pillar Legal, Semenov & Pevzner and Wargaming. ––– // The music in the background comes from Gremlins, Inc. – Original Soundtrack and is used with the kind permission of the game's dev team //
