DLA Piper advises Vivendi Group and Gameloft in acquisition of The Other Guys

DLA Piper represented Vivendi Group, a publicly traded French media conglomerate, and Gameloft S.E., a publisher of video games for PCs and mobile devices that is owned by Vivendi, in the acquisition of The Other Guys, a mobile and social games studio that develops story-based mobile apps.

Created in 2012, The Other Guys is a unique hybrid of mobile app developer and TV production studio, offering more than 2,300 episodes across 119 seasons and accumulating over 37 million downloads. Its products include the interactive series app Linda Brown and the interactive storytelling platform Journeys. Following the acquisition, it will operate as a Gameloft studio and will receive commercial, publishing and marketing support from the Gameloft teams and network.

“We were pleased to bring our extensive experience handling cross-border media, entertainment and gaming transactions to assist Vivendi and Gameloft with this acquisition, which will expand Gameloft’s portfolio to include The Other Guys’ interactive and immersive games,” said Marcelo Etchebarne, Country Manager of DLA Piper Argentina.

The DLA Piper team representing Vivendi and Gameloft included Martin Mittelman, Antonio Arias and Augusto Mancinelli, and associates Marcos Taiana and Marco D’Angelo (all of Buenos Aires).

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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