March 19, 2007 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – LAWFUEL – Asia Business Law – Fenwick & West LLP represented Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) in its recently announced $105 million investment in Neowiz Co. Ltd. Neowiz, based in Seoul, South Korea, is a developer and publisher of online games. EA also committed four titles to be co-developed with Neowiz for online publishing in Asia. Upon completion of the investment, EA will own approximately 19% of common stock equivalents (excluding treasury shares) comprised of 15% of common stock and 4% of preferred stock of Neowiz. This investment will make EA the second largest shareholder of Neowiz, following CEO-founder Sung Kyun Na.
More information about the transaction can be obtained from the EA Web site.
The Fenwick & West transaction team included corporate attorney Mark Stevens; technology transactions attorneys Stephen Gillespie and Matthew Rossiter; and tax attorneys Bart Bassett and Tim Fitzgibbon.
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