The acquisition is part of Fortis’ ambitious expansion plan and aims at onboarding the team with a view to creating next generation games “as-a-service model”, improving social experiences, and fostering connections.
Metagame Studios is a Romanian game development company founded by a group of experienced professionals, which included the acclaimed artist Noper (by real name Radu Pop), who was named one of the top 200 illustrators worldwide by Lurzer Archive magazine.
Fortis is a rapidly growing international video game developer and publisher and a subsidiary of the global public company Las Vegas Sands (New York Stock Exchange – LVS). Managed by entrepreneurs and executives who were formerly part of Electronic Arts, WB Games, Zynga or Smule, the company has offices in the US, UK, Canada, Romania, Portugal and Brazil.
Stratulat Albulescu Attorneys at Law provided legal advice to both Metagame Studio and its founders on all Romanian law aspects of the transaction, including negotiating and execution of documents. The Stratulat Albulescu team was coordinated by Managing Partner Silviu Stratulat (Corporate/M&A) and Partner Octav Stan (Corporate/M&A) and also included Partner Andrei Albulescu (Employment), Managing Associate Anca Ulea (Employment), Managing Associate Elena Stan (FDI) and Associate Amanda Csaki (Corporate/M&A).