UK Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Bahar Alaeddini, David Whyte and Jessica Wilson Harris Hagan
Harris Hagan is the only specialist gambling law firm in the City of London. The firm was established in 2004 and is driven by the long-term sustainability and success of the gambling and leisure industries it cherishes. Harris Hagan has the largest dedicated gambling legal and regulatory team in the UK and offers unparalleled legal experience, knowledge,
and commercial understanding of the gambling in- dustry. The firm’s business includes gambling law, compliance and regulation, and it advises many of the world’s largest land-based and online gambling businesses (B2C and B2B), as well as many private equity firms, other investors, leading international law firms, and start-ups. investigations, operating and personal licence reviews, compliance assessments, developing associated remedial compliance programmes and action plans, general compliance and reporting requirements, non-remote and remote licence applications, personal licence applications, legal classification, advertising requirements, terms and conditions, data protection, and corporate evaluations. He is a member of the International Association of Gaming Advisors.
Authors
Bahar Alaeddini is a partner at Harris Hagan and is recognised as being “at the top of her profession”. She advises many of the world’s largest online and land-based gambling businesses (B2C and B2B) – as well
as many start-ups, investors and leading law firms – on matters ranging from licence applications, compliance investigations and licence reviews to cross-border M&A transactions, investor disclosure and complex group restructuring. She is assistant treasurer and a member of the Programme Committee of the International Association of Gaming Advisors, a founding member of the VIXIO GamblingCompliance Executive Advisory Board, and a member of Global Gaming Women and the City of London Solicitors’ Company.
Jessica Wilson is a senior associate at Harris Hagan and specialises in all aspects of online and land-based gambling law. Jessica advises land- based and online gambling businesses (B2C and B2B), as well as
many start-ups, on legal classification, non-remote and remote licence applications, premises licensing, personal applications, change of corporate control applications, transaction due diligence, general compliance and reporting requirements, compliance assessments, regulatory investigations, corporate evaluations, operating and personal licence reviews, and developing associated remedial compliance programmes and action plans.
David Whyte is a partner at Harris Hagan. Before joining the firm in September 2019, he spent nearly a decade working in enforcement and legal roles at the British Gambling Commission, gaining a unique insight
into the UK regulatory framework. David advises land-based and online gambling businesses (B2C and B2B), as well as many start-ups, on regulatory
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