Gambling Law Firms and Advisers
Legal and compliance advisers working in regulated gambling markets.
Law firms and advisers working on gambling licensing, regulatory investigations, M&A, marketing rules and disputes in regulated markets. For the rules in a given market, see its profile in the regulatory map.
This page lists the 18 law firms in the directory, A to Z. Companies are added by our editors from iGaming Times coverage and from submissions, which editors review before they go live. Each profile is written from the company's own published information. Something missing? Submit a company.
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All 18 law firms
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
United KingdomCMS is an international law firm whose gambling practice, run from London with lawyers across Europe, advises operators, suppliers, investors and lenders on licensing, regulatory compliance, advertising, mergers and acquisitions, financing and disputes in Britain and the European markets, and publishes an annual guide to gambling regulation across jurisdictions. It has acted on many of the sector's largest transactions and regulatory matters.
Cooper Levenson
United StatesCooper Levenson Attorneys at Law is a full-service law firm founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1957, with its main office at 1125 Atlantic Avenue, offices in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Florida, and a Gaming and iGaming Law practice that has advised clients since the start of casino gambling in Atlantic City. It is listed first among the organisers and producers of the East Coast Gaming Congress at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City, whose contact and mailing address are the firm's Atlantic City office.
Dickinson Wright
United StatesDickinson Wright is a US and Canadian law firm headquartered in Detroit whose gaming and hospitality practice, one of the largest in North America, advises casino operators, online gambling and sports betting companies, suppliers, tribes and lenders on state licensing and suitability investigations, tribal-state compacts, regulatory compliance, transactions and financing across the American states and Ontario. The practice includes former regulators and is active in Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Arizona and other gaming states, and the firm publishes updates on state legislation and enforcement.
DLA Piper Gaming
United KingdomDLA Piper's global gaming and gambling practice advises operators, suppliers, investors and regulators across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East on licensing, regulatory compliance, transactions and disputes, with particular depth in Britain, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and the American states. The firm publishes regular analysis of gambling regulatory change, including on European enforcement cooperation and prediction-market regulation.
Fox Rothschild Gaming
United StatesFox Rothschild's gaming practice advises casino operators, online gambling and sports betting companies, suppliers and investors on licensing, regulatory compliance and transactions in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nevada and other American states, with a long history in Atlantic City regulation and a practice covering online gambling since New Jersey's 2013 launch. Its lawyers publish on state legislation, sweepstakes and prediction markets.
Gaming Legal Group
NetherlandsGaming Legal Group is a boutique law and consultancy firm founded in 2011 with offices in the Netherlands, Malta and Curaçao, advising operators and suppliers on licensing and compliance in the Netherlands, Malta, Curaçao and other jurisdictions, on European regulatory developments, and on corporate structuring, with a focus on the Dutch market since its 2021 opening and on Curaçao's LOK transition.
Greenberg Traurig Gaming
United StatesGreenberg Traurig's gaming practice is one of the largest in the United States, advising casino operators, online gambling and sports betting companies, suppliers, tribes and investors on state licensing and suitability, tribal-state compacts, regulatory compliance, transactions and financing across Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other gaming states, with lawyers who include former regulators. The firm also advises on sweepstakes, fantasy and prediction-market regulation.
GTG Advocates
MaltaGTG is a corporate and commercial law firm based in Valletta, Malta, with a technology focus that covers fintech, cybersecurity, telecommunications and technology legislation, as well as mergers and acquisitions in the technology, financial services and gaming sectors. Its practice areas include gaming and betting law, capital markets, data protection, financial services, intellectual property, competition, litigation and shipping. Through its advisory and corporate arm it offers betting and gaming licensing support, compliance services for regulated entities, key person outsourcing, regulatory auditing and continuous professional development training for the Malta Gaming Authority, along with company incorporation, administration and statutory filing. GTG Corporate, the trading name of GTG Ltd., is authorised as a Class C Company Services Provider by the Malta Financial Services Authority.
Hambach & Hambach
GermanyHambach and Hambach is a Munich law firm specialising in German and European gambling law, advising operators, suppliers, affiliates and investors on licensing under Germany's interstate gambling treaty, compliance with the Joint Gambling Authority's requirements, advertising rules, tax, enforcement and litigation, including the long series of court cases that shaped the German market before and after the 2021 treaty. Founded by Wulf Hambach and Claus Hambach, the firm has acted in proceedings before German and European courts on the compatibility of German gambling regulation with EU law and publishes analysis of German regulatory developments.
Harris Hagan
United KingdomHarris Hagan is a London law firm specialising exclusively in gambling law, advising operators, suppliers, affiliates, investors and industry bodies on licensing, regulatory compliance, enforcement and investigations by the Gambling Commission, advertising and marketing rules, anti-money-laundering, corporate transactions and disputes. Founded in 1996 by John Hagan and Julian Harris, it is one of the few firms in Britain with a wholly gambling-focused practice, publishes regular analysis of Gambling Commission consultations and enforcement, and acts for many of the largest British-licensed operators and their suppliers.
Ifrah Law
United StatesIfrah Law is a Washington DC law firm founded in 2009 by Jeff Ifrah, with a practice concentrated on iGaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, sweepstakes and online gaming law in the United States, advising operators, suppliers, affiliates, payment companies and investors on state licensing and suitability, federal statutes including the Wire Act and UIGEA, advertising compliance, government investigations and litigation. The firm has been involved in many of the sector's US regulatory and litigation matters since the 2011 online poker enforcement actions and publishes commentary on state legislation and federal developments.
Inteliumlaw
United Arab EmiratesInteliumlaw is a law firm providing legal and tax services to local businesses and international groups of companies, with work spanning iGaming, crypto, IT, investment, finance, marketing and real estate. Its team includes former staff of Ernst & Young and KPMG, and it is led by Elena Sadovskaya, who established her own practice in 2019. Services cover international structuring, gaming legal services, blockchain work including MiCA white papers, business registration abroad, bank and merchant account opening, due diligence, transaction structuring, M&A support and ongoing legal support. For gambling clients it advises on licences in jurisdictions including Malta, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, Alderney, Estonia, Romania, Curaçao, Kahnawake, Ontario, Anjouan, the Philippines and the UAE, and it also handles crypto licensing in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Nordic Gambling
DenmarkNordic Gambling is a Copenhagen-based legal and regulatory consultancy specialising in the Nordic gambling markets, advising operators and suppliers on licensing and compliance in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway, including licence applications, technical requirements, advertising rules and anti-money-laundering obligations, and on Finland's 2027 market opening. Founded by former Danish regulator staff, it works with international operators entering the region and with Nordic operators expanding abroad.
Northridge Law
United KingdomNorthridge Law is a London law firm founded in 2016 specialising in sports, gambling, media and entertainment, whose gambling practice advises operators, suppliers, sports rights holders and investors on Gambling Commission licensing and compliance, advertising and sponsorship rules, betting integrity, commercial agreements between sports bodies and betting companies, data rights and disputes. The firm's position at the intersection of sport and betting makes it a regular adviser on sponsorship and data deals, and it publishes commentary on British gambling reform and on sports betting regulation.
Poppleston Allen
United KingdomPoppleston Allen is a British law firm headquartered in Nottingham specialising in licensing law for the leisure, hospitality and gambling sectors, advising betting shop operators, casinos, bingo clubs, arcades, pubs and online operators on Gambling Commission operating licences, personal licences, premises licences from local authorities, compliance reviews and regulatory enforcement. Founded in 1990, it is one of the largest licensing practices in Britain and acts for many of the major retail betting and gaming estates as well as for online licensees.
Segev LLP
CanadaSegev LLP is a Canadian law firm with offices in Vancouver and Toronto whose gaming practice advises operators, suppliers and affiliates on Canadian gambling law, including registration with iGaming Ontario and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, the provincial-conduct model in other provinces, advertising and inducement rules, and the regulation of prediction markets, sweepstakes and fantasy sports in Canada. Led by Ron Segev, the firm has advised many of the operators that entered the Ontario market from its 2022 opening and publishes commentary on Canadian regulatory change.
WH Partners
MaltaWH Partners is a Malta law firm founded in 2008, with an office in Madrid, and one of the leading legal advisers to the gaming industry in Malta, advising operators, B2B suppliers, affiliates and investors on Malta Gaming Authority licensing, regulatory compliance, corporate structuring, tax, mergers and acquisitions, and expansion into other European jurisdictions. The firm acts on many of the licence applications, transactions and regulatory matters in the Maltese market and publishes guidance on Malta's gaming framework and on European developments for the industry.
Wiggin
United KingdomWiggin LLP is a UK law firm specialising in media, entertainment, technology and intellectual property, with a betting and gaming practice whose lawyers work on the gambling sector full time. The practice advises gambling operators, software suppliers, platforms, investors and technology providers, with regulation at its centre: licensing, compliance, enforcement and regulatory investigations in the UK and internationally. Its commercial work covers software and product licensing, white label arrangements, brand and merchandising, sponsorship, advertising and data privacy, while its corporate work covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, buyouts, private equity and venture capital investment and restructurings. The firm manages trade mark portfolios for gambling brands, works with specialist gaming firms in other jurisdictions on cross border advice, and publishes the Front Runner gambling briefing and a Gambling White Paper Tracker.