Business Optimization

What the talk is about

Filipp Mishchenko explains how to structure and optimize a game business from a legal point of view. He says a structure pays off when a business scales, and a typical setup is a development company in the home region plus a publisher in a favorable jurisdiction. He compares Cyprus, where requirements for local presence and bank accounts have tightened, with the UAE, which he sees as more promising now, and gives approximate first-year costs. He advises first checking turnover and real savings, since at low revenue a structure will not pay off. He also covers controlled foreign company rules, VAT on ad traffic, common mistakes (opening a company on friends' advice, exotic jurisdictions, structures for their own sake) and keeping IP rights in one company. Useful for founders and managers of game studios.