Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners enters the Italian Esports Observatory (“OIES” – Osservatorio Italiano Esports)

The law firm, with over 130 professionals in Milan, Rome and London, has developed a new department dedicated to Esports and will contribute to the regulation of the sector through its research work.

Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners, one of the best-known and most accredited law firms in Italy, has joined the network of the Osservatorio Italiano Esports, the first B2B platform for networking, information and training for stakeholders in the sector. The agreement is part of the firm’s strategy to position itself authoritatively in the new and growing Esports market.

As part of this initiative, the Firm released the publication “A Player’s Journey: dal salotto di casa alle arene virtuali”, focused on the main legal issues related to the Esports sector.

We are proud to join the OIES,” comments Licia Garotti, head partner of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Department of the Firm. “it is fundamental for the positioning of our Firm in a very promising sector on which we have bet in unsuspicious times.

Thanks to this new entry, the number of law firm involved in the OIES project has increased, bringing it to being an important point of reference in Italy for the regulation of the market. The legal partners of OIES will have a proactive approach helping the legislator in defining the best possible regulations for Esports in Italy.

“Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners taking part in this project shows how significant the Italian Esports market currently is – commented Luigi Caputo and Enrico Gelfi, founders of OIES – The regulations aspect is crucial for the economic development of the Italian market. Having in our network a Firm committed to research and solutions will be useful not only to the members of OIES but to the whole Italian market”.

The OIES is a spin-off project of Sport Digital House, digital agency focused on the sports sector that develops innovative funnel marketing strategies for companies using its network of athletes and Esports teams.