Andrew Cooke is the General Counsel at Fnatic, the leading team in esports and a pioneer in the pro gaming space. He is joined by Will Deller, a senior associate in Bird & Bird’s Commercial Sport group, to discuss all things esports.
Listen to Part 1 here, for Andrew’s insight on the pandemic’s effect on esports viewership; how esports teams need to get creative with their sponsors; NFTs and the metaverse; safeguarding in esports; and building an in-house legal team.
Part 2 will be released next week.

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