Osborne Clarke advises Sony Interactive Entertainment on its acquisition of Cinemersive Labs

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a leader in the global video game industry, on its acquisition of Cinemersive Labs, a UK-based machine learning and computer vision company.

Founded in 2022, Cinemersive Labs brings together a specialised team with deep expertise in computer vision and machine learning. Following the acquisition, the Cinemersive Labs team will join SIE’s Visual Computing Group, focusing on advanced gameplay visuals and visual computing technologies.

The deal was executed by a multidisciplinary Osborne Clarke team, combining corporate, commercial, regulatory, employment and tax expertise.

The cross-practice Osborne Clarke team advising SIE was led by partner Richard Porter with associates Elizabeth Britchford and Benjamin Smith (all Corporate), and supported by, among others, partners Mathew Oliver (Tax), Anika Chandra (Tax/Incentives), Olivia Sinfield (Tax/Employment), Simon Neill (Regulatory) and Claire Rankin (Pensions), together with associate director Rhiannon Jones (Tax/Incentives) and senior associates Rohesia Vince-Brown (Tax), James Edmonds (Commercial) and Joachim Piotrowski (Regulatory).