On June 3, 2021, Llinks partner Mr. Wu Wei, as a lawyer practicing in sports law, was invited by League of Legends to deliver his presentation at LOL General Assembly regarding anti-match-fixing and anti-gambling in esports. Along with the representatives of the League, more than 400 players and members involved in this game attended the General Assembly.
In today's e-sports industry, League of Legends has successfully formed a phenomenal league of esports game. While in the process of professionalization and commercialization, in order to protect the healthy and sustainably development of esports games, mechanisms related to report, supervision and sanction have been gradually established by the League. To this end, David's presentation discussed about the definition of match-fixing and gambling in esports as well as the legal liabilities by making reference to the jurisprudence in traditional sports events, combined with his experience practicing in anti-match-fixing and anti-gambling. During the General Assembly, the topics not only covered the work related to anti-match-fixing and anti-gambling, the presenters also extended the discussion to subjects such as sportsmanship, moral ethics and esports culture.
The Sports and Entertainment Law team of Llinks Law Offices have long been committed to providing professional services for international and domestic sports and entertainment institutions and practitioners and is one of the first ones to integrate the knowledge of traditional sports into the field of e-sports. Attorney Wu was awarded as one of the Top 10 lawyers in the e-sports industry by 2019 LEGALBAND China Lawyers. Llinks will continue to keep up with the trend of the global industry and help creating an optimized culture of e-sports.
