Israel is a gaming powerhouse. In recent years, dozens of successful companies have emerged from the country. The gaming industry is developing at an unprecedented pace, driven by major advances in graphic technologies, the introduction of AI-integrated games, blockchain technologies, and games leveraging cryptocurrency.
Our firm is a one-stop-shop for gaming clients and has extensive experience providing comprehensive legal advice to developers, operators, investors, and service providers. By leveraging deep industry knowledge and maintaining a global perspective, we help clients efficiently advance their ventures in Israel and abroad.
Main Services
- Regulatory Compliance & Licensing: Our firm advises clients on compliance with mandatory regulations in both Israeli and international markets. We assist in obtaining the necessary licenses and collaborate with foreign counsel when needed, including providing legal opinions on the applicability of gambling and lottery laws in the gaming space.
- Payment Processing & Financial Compliance: We advise clients on setting up and implementing payment processing systems, as well as ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) rules.
- App Store Implementation: We help clients design, plan, and make necessary adjustments to achieve approval on leading platforms (Google Play and App Store).
- Data Privacy & Cybersecurity: The gaming industry regularly handles personal information, both directly and indirectly. Our leading Privacy department regularly advises local and foreign clients on local and international privacy regulations, cross-border data transfers and the drafting and implementation of robust privacy policies.
- Intellectual Property Protection: Our firm has extensive experience in licensing and protecting intellectual property assets, including trademarks, copyrighted works, and intangible assets.
- Commercial Agreements: Our firm is highly proficient in drafting various commercial agreements, including license agreements, development and distribution agreements, user terms of service, and payment and clearing agreements.
- Equity Financing, M&A Transactions: Our firm’s High-Tech department is recognized as one of Israel’s leading advisors on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions and capital raising, including in the gaming sector. We represent a broad range of clients, such as companies being acquired, acquirers of gaming platforms, investment funds and private investors.
- Fantasy Competitions and eSports: Recent years have seen a surge in demand for digital competitions based on real data, such as Fantasy Sports and Fantasy Financials. Our firm has special expertise advising on these games and handling the specific regulatory requirements in key markets, including making appropriate adjustments to avoid unnecessary regulatory burdens.
- Online Marketing: we support gaming platforms on ways to market their products using various channels, including social network, like Facebook, Tiktok and instegram and search engines.
