Gambling Law Firms and Advisers
Legal and compliance advisers working in regulated gambling markets.
16 companies
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.
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 Advocates is a Malta law firm founded in 2005 with a specialist gaming practice advising operators, suppliers, affiliates and investors on Malta Gaming Authority licensing, ongoing compliance, anti-money-laundering obligations, corporate and tax structuring, data protection and transactions, alongside practices in fintech, blockchain and corporate law. It acts for Malta-licensed businesses across the B2C and B2B sectors and is one of the established gaming advisers in the jurisdiction, with regular publications on Maltese and EU regulatory developments.
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.
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 is a British law firm headquartered in Cheltenham with offices in London and Brussels, specialising in media, technology and gambling, whose betting and gaming practice advises operators, platform and content suppliers, affiliates, investors and lenders on licensing in Britain and internationally, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, data protection and intellectual property. Its gambling team is among the largest in Britain and acts on many of the sector's transactions and licensing projects, and the firm publishes tracking of British and European regulatory change for the industry.