DLA Piper represented Stillfront Group, a Sweden-based global group of gaming studios and a market leader in the free-to-play online games genre, in its acquisition of California mobile gaming studio Storm8 for up to US$400 million.

“We are pleased to have helped facilitate Stillfront’s continued growth through the successful completion of this acquisition, which will expand the company’s diverse and exciting games portfolio,” said Richard Marks, who led DLA Piper’s US deal team. “A multi-disciplinary team bringing wide practice and sector knowledge and experience helped guide this transaction, with the end result of significantly boosting our client’s position in the global online gaming market.”

Along with Marks (Washington, DC), the DLA Piper US team included partners Ben Gipson (Los Angeles), Julia Kovacs (Washington, DC) and Lesli Esposito (Philadelphia); of counsel Nia Brown, Sanjay Shirodkar (both of Washington, DC) and Paul Myers (Baltimore); and associates Brian Boyle (Philadelphia), Kristen Bandura, Charles Bell, James Duchesne, James Stewart, Shirley Qin (all of Washington, DC), John Wei (Boston), Mandy Chan (San Francisco) and Mary Claire Blythe (Baltimore).

With more than 1,000 corporate lawyers globally, DLA Piper helps clients execute complex cross-border transactions seamlessly while supporting clients across all stages of development. The firm has been rated number one in global M&A volume for ten consecutive years, according to Mergermarket.

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