UK-based legal business Morgan Sports Law DotX Talent, a new esports and gaming talent management business.
This brings together sports lawyers and esports industry experts to offer pro players, casters and content creators career support.
Headed up by Morgan Sports Law lawyer Nick Williams, the team includes head of partnerships Mitsouko Anderson, social media lead Richard Brown and talent management executives.
DotX Talent promises to offer talent management services, including contract negotiation, opportunity sourcing and career development, as well as legal support and advice, invoice management, as well as social media strategy, analysis and publicity management.
“Our aim is to provide a professional, bespoke management service that can make a meaningful and positive difference to a career.”
Nick Williams, DotX
DotX will also collaborate with brands to devise creative marketing strategies and deliver influencer marketing campaigns, partnering them with creators.
Nick Williams, Managing Director at DotX, said: “Our aim is to provide a professional, bespoke management service that can make a meaningful and positive difference to a career. Every member of our team is committed to making that happen, and each possess real expertise that will enable our clients to aim higher and achieve more.
“We are all extremely excited about what we can do for our clients, and proud to have built a company that will put integrity and diversity at the core of how it does business.”
Mike Morgan, founding partner of Morgan Sports Law (MSL), commented: “MSL was set up to protect the rights of athletes. Creating DotX to further the interests of esports and gaming talent is a natural next step and represents the culmination of a lot of hard work and planning.
“Our firm’s specialist legal expertise combined with that of esports branding and marketing experts will provide a unique and innovative offering to esports and gaming talent, and hopefully facilitate positive change for both our clients, and the industry as a whole.”
More info will be posted on the DotX Talent website soon.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
