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Epic Games Brings in Veteran Tech Lawyer as Legal Chief

By  |  January 21, 2026

Epic Games Inc., the maker of the hit Fortnite franchise and a central player in a series of antitrust battles with some of the world’s largest technology companies, has named veteran technology lawyer Reginald “Reggie” Davis as its new general counsel, according to Bloomberg.

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    Davis joins the privately held game publisher after spending the last five years as the chief legal officer at Qualia Labs Inc., a digital real estate closing platform. His appointment comes as Epic continues to challenge what it describes as anti-competitive practices in the mobile app marketplace, a legal campaign that has placed the company in courtrooms against Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, per Bloomberg.

    The change marks the end of a long chapter for Epic’s legal team. Canon Pence, who served as the company’s top lawyer for more than a decade, announced in December that he would step down. Pence later said on LinkedIn that he is taking time away from legal work to focus on music. Epic and Pence declined to discuss the transition, according to Bloomberg.

    Neither Davis nor Epic founder and Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney responded to requests for comment. Sweeney has personally taken a prominent role in Epic’s antitrust strategy, positioning the company as a leading critic of major app store operators.

    Legal experts say Davis’s background could signal a new phase for Epic. He brings decades of experience advising public companies and guiding firms through initial public offerings, a track record that has fueled speculation that Epic could one day follow a similar path, according to Bloomberg.

    “It is an important time for Epic,” said Mark Lemley, a professor at Stanford Law School who has followed the company’s legal fights. “I think Reggie is a great choice. He has a career in the Silicon Valley legal world—including the video game industry—that anyone would envy. And he is someone who can handle tough situations with good humor.”

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    Davis began his legal career at San Francisco-based Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, where he became a partner before the firm later merged with Duane Morris. A former offensive tackle on Harvard University’s football team, he later joined Yahoo Corp., spending more than nine years as an in-house litigator. In 2007, Yahoo appointed him as its “click fraud czar,” a role he held until leaving the company two years later, per Bloomberg.

    He then served as general counsel at Zynga Inc. and DocuSign Inc. over the next decade, helping both companies prepare for and complete their public listings. After departing DocuSign in 2019, Davis took a sabbatical to travel with his family before joining Qualia in 2021. At Qualia, he was succeeded by deputy general counsel Denise Galvin Vieira, who previously worked with him at DocuSign and Zynga, according to Bloomberg.

    Davis’s move to Epic comes at a critical moment. Last month, the company won an appellate decision in its ongoing litigation against Apple. In November, Epic also reached a settlement with Google that is expected to resolve related disputes involving Samsung Electronics Co., per Bloomberg.

    With major legal battles still shaping the digital marketplace, Epic’s choice of a seasoned technology and public company lawyer underscores how central the courtroom remains to the company’s future.

    Source: Bloomberg