Legal Services

I work as outside and fractional general counsel to companies in games, interactive entertainment, digital media, and consumer technology. Below is what that covers. Most engagements draw on several of these at once, which is the point of having one lawyer who holds the whole picture.

1. Outside and Fractional General Counsel

Senior in-house judgment, without the in-house hire.

I take the general counsel seat at whatever fraction of it your company needs. For most clients that means a monthly scope covering the recurring legal work, plus availability when something lands that was not on the calendar.

What that typically includes:

• Day-to-day commercial agreements: development, publishing, distribution, services, talent, and vendor.

• Platform, storefront, and end-user terms, including creator and UGC programs.

• IP strategy: ownership, chain of title, licensing in and out, and the diligence that gets asked for at financing.

• Regulatory posture across AI, privacy, COPPA, GDPR, CCPA, and consumer protection.

• Financing and M&A support, working alongside corporate counsel.

• Templates, playbooks, and approval frameworks so your business team can move without waiting on me.

• Managing specialist counsel where a matter needs someone else.

When companies call me: the first real publishing deal, the round that triggers diligence, the platform partner who sent 60 pages of terms, the moment the founder stops being able to read every contract, or the point where a US entity has to exist before anything else can happen.

2. US Market Entry

US counsel for companies coming in from outside.

I advise non-US companies on the legal work of entering and operating in the United States: the agreements you will sign with US counterparties, the terms your product needs to carry for US users, and the compliance obligations that attach once you are here.

Advisory scope:

• US-facing publishing, distribution, and platform agreements.

• Localization of contract frameworks in both directions, so a US template survives contact with your operations and your paper survives contact with a US counterparty.

• Privacy and consumer protection compliance for US users, including COPPA where minors are in the audience.

• IP position and chain of title as US partners and investors will test them.

• Negotiation strategy and documentation across the cultural and structural gaps that make cross-border deals slower than they need to be.

I work regularly with counterparties and licensors in Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, and with the US publishers, platforms, and brands on the other side of those deals.

I am licensed in Washington State and my transactional practice is regularly governed by New York, California, and International law. Where a matter requires counsel admitted in another jurisdiction, I say so and coordinate it.

3. Contract Systems Architecture

Contracts built to scale with the business.

Most legal cost accumulates in doing the same deal forty times without a system. I build the system.

What I deliver:

• Custom master service, publishing, and development agreements.

• Modular licensing templates for user-generated and AI-assisted content.

• Contract libraries, playbooks, and governance frameworks for studios, platforms, and SPVs.

• Approval matrices that tell your business team what they can sign without asking.

I have built standardized content, talent, and music licensing templates that let a platform-scale partnership program execute deals at volume. That is the same work, sized to your company.

4. Strategic Licensing and Partnerships

Dealmaking for global IP and brand collaborations.

I structure and negotiate licensing and co-development agreements that hold up commercially and leave room for the creative work to change.

Services include:

• IP and brand licensing, in and out.

• Franchise, publishing, and co-development partnerships.

• Cross-border distribution and collaboration deals.

• Transmedia and adaptation rights across games, film, television, and digital platforms.

I have negotiated in-licensing with major US studios and with Japanese anime and manga licensors, and I have sat on the other side of those tables as outside counsel to the licensor.

5. Risk Translation and Business Model Advisory

Turning creative risk into legal clarity.

New revenue models arrive before the law that governs them. My job is making sure your paper can carry a model that regulators have not finished thinking about.

Focus areas:

• Legal risk mapping for new revenue and monetization models.

• Contract and deal structure audits.

• Ownership, monetization, and compliance frameworks.

• AI governance and policy, including how AI-assisted content moves through a licensing chain.

Work With Me

Whether you’re building a studio, modernizing templates, or entering new markets, I can help you create the legal foundation that supports your next chapter.

👉 [Contact Me] to discuss your project or schedule a consultation.