About Duncan Backus
Duncan was called to the Bar in 1990 and worked in-house in the interactive games industry in both a legal and business affairs capacity for, amongst others, Electronic Arts Inc. (as Senior Lawyer, Europe) and Empire Interactive Europe Ltd (as General Counsel).
Setting up Backus Law LLP in 2009, Duncan now provides legal and business advice, and solutions, to developers, publishers, distributors and investors in the interactive games industry, software developers and sports organisations.
While providing services to those companies and representing clients, Duncan has worked with a number of global sports companies, film companies and car manufacturers including:
- Premier League Ltd
- Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH (Bundesliga)
- Rugby Football Union
- FIFA/ISL
- Sony Pictures
- MGM
- Audi AG
- Lamborghini
- Toyota Motor Europe
- Jaguar Land Rover
- IBM
- Unity
- Amazon Web Services