{"id":2810,"date":"2023-11-16T11:07:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:42:48","slug":"crss-mark-hill-is-a-touchdown-middle-east-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/crss-mark-hill-is-a-touchdown-middle-east-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"CRS\u2019s Mark Hill is a Touchdown Middle East Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2793\" src=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mark-hill-website-510x340-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"291\" \/>We are delighted to announce that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mark-hill-ba8b341a\/\">Mark Hill<\/a>, Partner, Head of Commercial, TMT &amp; IP at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com\/en\/\">Charles Russell Speechlys<\/a><\/strong>, is a Speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2023! Mark will feature the panel <strong><em>eSports in the Gulf: Is the GCC ready for cloud gaming?<\/em><\/strong> which <strong>will take<\/strong> place on<strong>\u00a0Day 2, 22<sup>nd<\/sup> November at 9:50<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>eSports and online gaming already have a strong presence in the region. This panel will look at whether there is sufficient infrastructure ready for\u00a0the big gaming publishers in the GCC or if more work needed.<\/p>\n<p>Mark leads Charles Russell Speechlys&#8217; Commercial, Intellectual Property and TMT Practice in the Middle East. Mark is a Partner with 30 years of experience as a high level strategic commercial lawyer. Mark\u2019s main areas of expertise are Technology and Data Centres, Media and Entertainment and Intellectual Property. Having been based in Dubai since 1999, Mark is regarded as one of the leading IP, Media and Technology lawyers in the region and is recommended in Chambers and Legal 500 directories on a yearly basis.<\/p>\n<p>Mark stands on the Board of various companies from the sectors in which he operates including key industry organizations such as the Middle East International Live Events Association (\u201cILEA\u201d) and as Board advisor to the UAE\u2019s Production Forum. He is also regularly featured as a speaker at industry events, seminars and conferences throughout the region.<\/p>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1949637861\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(244, 187, 24);border-width:10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong>Need to know:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mark Hill, Head of Commercial, TMT &amp; IP, Charles Russell Speechlys,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Panel \u2013\u00a0<em>eSports in the Gulf: Is the GCC ready for cloud gaming?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a09:50-10:15 | Day 2 | 22nd November<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f4bb18;\"><strong>REGIONAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at the full\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/agenda\/\"><em>Touchdown Middle East 2023 Agenda.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1949637861 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n  padding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-334360085\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-334360085 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:112%\"><span>Connect with this Speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mark-hill-ba8b341a\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce that Mark Hill, Partner, Head of Commercial, TMT &amp; IP at Charles Russell Speechlys, is a Speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2023! 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