Gaming
Members of our Gaming Law Group are experienced in all aspects of the rapidly evolving gaming industry, with particular expertise in online gaming. We regularly advise organizations as to their potential liability under Canadian criminal law, anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws and gaming regulation, as well as on corporate structuring and commercial, advertising, marketing, payment processing and other matters. We help our clients structure their affairs to comply with Canadian law and, through our extensive network of contacts, foreign law, gaming regulations and licensing requirements.
As part of a leading full-service firm, our members are complemented by a wide array of specialists who provide efficient and streamlined assistance with various other legal issues that may arise, such as those related to employment, privacy, consumer protection, securities or tax.
We have advised:
- World-leading software suppliers with respect to the legality of their involvement as suppliers to this industry and their presence in Canada.
- Publicly-listed online gaming operators with respect to their connections in Canada.
- Members of Ontario's First Nations community with respect to the legal and political issues in setting up an online gaming regulatory body and its associated rules and regulations.
- Payment processing providers with respect to their obligations under Canadian anti-money laundering and terrorist financing requirements, including how to structure and implement protocols and policies in order to achieve compliance.
- Free-play and skill game operators with respect to the legality and the administration of free-play and skill game offerings in Canada.
- Affiliates and advertising firms with respect to their risk and liability in promoting this industry.
We have successfully:
- Assisted online gaming operators in restructuring and/or selling their gaming businesses.
- Assisted a world leading software supplier in listing on the TSX.
- Negotiated arrangements between Canadian media distributors and online gaming operators for the advertising and promotion of free-play offerings.
- Negotiated arrangements between world leading software suppliers and online gaming operators for the licensing of online gaming software and supply of software support services.
Our members regularly publish and lecture in Canada and internationally on Canadian gaming law matters; and participate in the Gaming in Canada conference on an annual basis.
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