Negin Alavi

Practice Areas

Negin has a practice that focuses primarily on general commercial, gaming and technology matters.

Negin has assisted clients with a broad range of matters including privacy policies, website terms of use, employment and consulting agreements, intellectual property licensing, non-disclosure agreements and protection of confidential information, company formation, company dissolution, due diligence, and litigation.

She also has extensive experience with writing legal opinions and editorial pieces on areas of the law such as online gambling, charitable gambling licensing, video games, and cryptocurrency.

Born and raised in Vancouver, B.C., Negin received her J.D. from the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia in 2020. She also has a B.A. in Philosophy and English from Simon Fraser University. Prior to joining Segev LLP as a lawyer in 2021, Negin completed her articles with the firm and was admitted to the Bar in September 2021. Negin remains dedicated to upholding the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.

Career

Representative Speaking Engagements

Gaming Insights with Segev LLP – Gaming Americas – November 28, 2023

Gaming Insights with Segev LLP – Gaming Americas – September 13, 2023

Gaming Insights with Segev LLP – Gaming Americas – April 27, 2023

Legal Fundamentals for Video Game Studios – Global Game Jam Vancouver – February 4, 2023

Gaming Insights with Segev LLP – Gaming Americas – January 25, 2023

Tech Law in relation to Americas Gaming – SiGMA Americas – June 7, 2022

Legal Fundamentals for Video Game Studios – Vancouver: Quiver Games Town One Incubator Game Jam – April 30, 2022

Legal Fundamentals for Video Game Studios – Global Game Jam Vancouver (Online event) – January 29, 2022

Publications

Representative Publications

Legal 500, November 9, 2023 – Canada: Gambling Law – Country Comparative Guides (Authored by Ron Segev contributions by Negin Alavi and Rebecca Dales)

IMGL Magazine, October 11, 2023 – Change may be coming to gaming conducted by Canada’s First Nations (Co-authored by Ron Segev)

SiGMA World, May 2022 – Segev LLP on iGaming in Canada’s Provinces: Ontario and Beyond (Co- authored by Ron Segev)

SiGMA Magazine, Spring/Summer 2022 Issue 18 – eSports: A Gaming Powerhouse (Co-authored by Ron Segev)

AIBC, November 18, 2021 The State of Crypto in Gaming, (Contributions by: Ron Segev, Owen de Vries and David McHugh)

iGaming Business, August 18, 2021, Ontario: is the province’s hands-off approach illegal?

GPWA Times Magazine, August 2020, Issue 50, A New Frontier (Co-authored with Ron Segev and Kim Lishman)