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Mathew jessep

Mathew Jessep

Principal Lawyer at Game Legal

12 years PQE
Sydney, NSW, AU

Summary

Mat Jessep is a commercial and corporate lawyer and business consultant with specialist skills and experience in Sports, Esports, Media, and Entertainment, acting for clients in Australia, North America, the UK, and Europe.

Mat is experienced in commercial and corporate matters, including transactional, contractual, procurement, company secretarial, governance, integrity, branding, reputational, strategy, regulatory, and legal project management advice and support. Mat’s background pre-law includes marketing, brand management, and business development roles.

As a dedicated Sports lawyer, Mat has acted for National Sporting Organisations, State Sporting Organisations, sponsors, broadcasters, and leagues and event operators. Mat is a pioneer and leading lawyer and consultant in the fast-growing esports sector, acting for clients with interests in leagues and teams in Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia. In the media and entertainment industries, Mat has advised film producers, artists, authors, creatives, podcasters, streamers, and tech start-ups.

Mat is admitted in the Supreme Court of NSW and is on the roll of the High Court of Australia. He is also an active member of the US-based Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) and teaches as a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School and as a casual academic at the University of Technology Sydney in the Law faculty and Business School.

Connect with Mat at:
mat@wegotgame.com.au
+61 (0)2 8005 7260

Practice Areas

    • Company formation
    • Company constitution
    • Company management
    • Shareholder rights
    • Company reporting and disclosure obligations
    • Cyber defamation
    • General defamation
    • Film,Television and Performing Arts Law
    • Games and Transmedia Law
    • Clearance Advice
    • Music Industry Law
    • Trademarks
    • Patents
    • Copyright
    • Privacy Act
    • Breach of privacy
    • Policies
    • Defamation
    • Privacy
    • Software
    • Intellectual Property
    • Legal Compliance
    • Supplier contracts & commercial arrangements
    • Employees and contractors
    • Legal structures
    • Company incorporation
    • Founder and Shareholder Agreements
    • Trademarks
    • Intellectual Property Protection & NDAs
    • Privacy Policies and Website Terms & Conditions
    • Supplier Contracts & Employees
    • Employees
    • Technology
    • Skilled migrant visas
    • Franchising
    • Business contracts
    • Legal structures
    • Intellectual property

Experience

Education

Location


SCG, Driver Avenue, Moore Park, NSW, 2010, Australia

Virtual Practice

Practising Certificate

Admission to Practice, 2009

Languages