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This year we welcome Rebecca Burford as our host for the MCV/Develop Women in Games Awards!
Rebecca is Partner, Head of Tech Venture Capital (UK) at Gowling WLP, specialising in venture capital, early stage and growth capital investments, private equity and management buyouts (MBOs), M&A and general corporate matters, with a particular focus in the technology, digital media and video gaming space. She leads the Gowling WLP video games group and has extensive experience working with video games clients. The global Video Gaming and Esports team has experience in acting for key players in the gaming space, including developers, publishers, software companies, digital entertainment companies, esports platforms and investors, on everything from data protection and advertising to joint ventures and M&A. Rebecca acted for Veloce Esports on various inward investments, and have acted on the sale of Near Light to nDreams and the sale of Edgecase Games to Wargaming. She is deeply embedded in the video gaming and wider tech market, on both a national and global scale.
Rebecca has featured in The Lawyer’s prestigious Hot 100 List, and is ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners as Next Generation Partner. The Legal 500 notes that “Rebecca Burford stands out for ‘her breadth of expertise’ and willingness to ‘go the extra mile to achieve a successful outcome” and Chambers and Partners say “The “terrific” Rebecca Burford is experienced in M&A work, equity investments and corporate restructurings. Sources say She has a brilliant mix of firmness, flexibility, practicality and humour”.
As a global law firm, Gowling WLG has more than 1,500 legal professionals operating from offices across the UK, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.https://gowlingwlg.com/en-gb
We look forward to welcoming Rebecca and our finalists to One America Square on the 26th of September.
For more information, sponsorship opportunities or anything else, please contact vanessa.joyce@biz-media.co.uk.
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