Mastertronic hires legal team

Mastertronic Group has signed Osborne Clarke as its provider of legal services.

As part of the arrangement, general counsel at Mastertronic Group Nav Sunner joins Osborne Clarke as co-head of its interactive entertainment group.

He will continue to work with Mastertronic as well as other clients, with a particular focus on digital distribution and publishing.

MD of Mastertronic Group Andy Payne said: As we enter the digital distribution sector alongside our retail business, it is clear that we will need to increase our resources to match the challenges of being in this space. I have worked with Nav for three years and he has been absolutely superb in every respect.

"By him joining up as a senior figure at Osborne Clarke we get the best of both worlds – someone who knows our business inside out and a legal firm that will lead the way in digital distribution. It really is a win-win for all of us.”

Paul Gardner, partner at Osborne Clarke, added: I have known Nav for years and am delighted he is joining our Interactive Entertainment Group. His knowledge and experience of the industry and of digital distribution in particular will be a great asset to us and we are really looking forward to working with Mastertronic in this area.”