Angelo Alcid

About Angelo Alcid

I am an experienced video game industry attorney with familiarity with the game…

Experience

1. Principal Corporate Counsel, Gaming

   Microsoft

   Jun 2021 — Present

   Provide front-line legal support to first-party game development studios: The Coalition (Gears of War franchise), Rare Ltd.(Sea of Thieves, Rare Replay), Ninja Theory (Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice), Compulsion Games (We Happy Few), and Simplygon on a broad range of complex and developing legal and business issues. • Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, including agreements related to strategic partnerships, music licensing, merchandise, licensing for third-party software, TV and movie adaptations, esports programs, and live events. • Provide legal advice on a range of issues including: geo-political sensitivities, intellectual property, data protection and privacy, AI, and regulatory compliance. • Collaborate with internal and external legal and policy specialists to help analyze and address legal and regulatory issues and implement resulting business and legal strategies. • Notable deals: • Negotiated deal with Netflix for live-action film adaptation of Gears of War. • Resolved licensing issues to bring GoldenEye 007 to Xbox as part of the Rare Replay title and Xbox Game Pass.

Skills

• Voice Acting
• Patents
• Licensing
• Patent Litigation
• Microsoft Word
• Social Media
• Corporate Law
• Green Screen
• Research
• Project Management
• Patent Prosecution
• Copyright Law
• Intellectual Property
• Civil Litigation
• Trademarks
• Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Patent Law
• Public Speaking
• Powerpoint
• Java
• Dragon
• Legal Research
• C++
• Legal Writing
• Editing
• Microsoft Office
• Privacy Law