Nick Allan

Practice Areas

Nick is a Partner and leads the Interactive Entertainment practice at Lewis Silkin. He represents businesses of all sizes in the games business, from multinational publishers to indie developers, as well as acting for other service providers to the games industry.

Much of his day-to-day work is advising on commercial transactions in the games industry, including developing, publishing and licensing deals, but he also has a background in intellectual property and advises on issues specific to the industry, such as in relation to the use of real-world assets in games. Nick also advises games companies on the various regulatory issues that affect the games sector, such as those relating to the Online Safety Bill, the Children’s Code, consumer standards and EULAs, PEGI age ratings, advertising guidance on virtual currencies and items, gambling regulations on loot boxes and e commerce.