Video Game Laws of the World

Giulio Coraggio is the Partner who heads the Intellectual Property & Technology department in Italy and is the Global Co-Chair of the Gaming & Gambling group at DLA Piper LLP. Giulio is dual-qualified in Italy and in England and Wales and has over 20 years of experience assisting Italian and multinational companies on information technology, Internet and eCommerce law matters, data protection and cybersecurity issues, and gaming and gambling contentious and non-contentious legal aspects. Giulio is a problem solver, and clients appreciate his ability to find solutions enabling them to perform what they are willing to do by identifying an underlying legal basis justifying their conduct.

Ally Clark is a Senior Associate in the Media, Sport & Entertainment team at DLA Piper UK LLP’s London office, where she has worked since 2022. She specializes in advising clients on intellectual property, gambling, data protection, and consumer matters, with a strong focus on the media, sport, and entertainment industries. Before joining DLA Piper, Ally gained extensive legal experience at Memery Crystal LLP and New Media Law LLP, where she progressed from Paralegal to Solicitor over several years. She holds a First-Class Honours degree in Fine Art from the University of Oxford and later earned a Distinction in her LPC from the University of Westminster. As a member of IPSoc, SCL, and BLACA, Ally remains actively engaged in industry developments, providing strategic and commercially sound legal guidance to her clients.

Ryan J. Black is a Partner at DLA Piper LLP in Canada. He practices technology-related business law, with a particular focus on video games, information technology, e-commerce and other consumer-facing online businesses. With a background in corporate/commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing, technology outsourcing, service provisioning, high-technology employment, commercial contracting, and venture capital funding, Ryan provides clients with market-leading legal advice.

Tom K. Ara is a Partner at DLA Piper LLP. He focuses his practice on entertainment and media industry transactions, both domestic and international. He represents banks, private equity groups, hedge funds, investors and borrowers in financing and strategic industry transactions. In addition, he advises feature film studios, television networks, production companies, Internet and mobile-based content producers and distributors in corporate transactions as well as in the development, production and distribution of feature films, television programs and digital content. Tom’s clients also include entertainment, media and technology companies employing new methods and technologies to produce and distribute content and content experiences, including through augmented and virtual reality platforms, as well as financiers and investors active in these areas.