Betting and Gaming

Overview

Gibson Dunn has a preeminent betting and gaming legal practice that has represented the most prestigious and influential clients in the industry on transformative transactions and ground breaking litigations.

Our global betting and gaming practice provides our clients with a unique offering – no other global law firm can offer an award-winning regulatory and compliance capability alongside a market-leading transactional practice in the betting and gaming sector in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific Region.

No other global law firm has achieved so much in the betting and gaming sector, including acting as lead lawyers for the State of New Jersey in action before the US Supreme Court that resulted in the repeal of the federal limits on sports betting in the U.S.

Leveraging our thorough understanding of the sector, we handle our clients’ most important and complex corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate transactions, litigation and disputes work, regulatory and compliance matters, and other legal challenges. Gibson Dunn lawyers are able to provide tier-one representation in all major betting and gaming markets.

Betting & Gaming Operators
Gibson Dunn has represented the leading industry operators in online and retail betting and gaming throughout the world, advising on the most significant mergers and acquisitions in the sector and also representing clients in relation to commercial joint ventures, real estate acquisitions and leasehold arrangements, technology outsourcing arrangements, and labor and employment matters. Our experience in the sector is unparalleled, providing clients with access to the latest in industry knowledge and strategic insight.

U.S. Sports Betting
Gibson Dunn served as the lead lawyers for the State of New Jersey in 2018 before the Supreme Court, securing the repeal of the federal limits on sports betting in the U.S. Gibson Dunn lawyers have also represented clients on the most significant transactions undertaken since the repeal of PASPA, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial partnerships and joint ventures, and technology sourcing arrangements.

Regulatory & Compliance
Our betting and gaming regulatory practitioners have advised clients on multi-jurisdictional betting and gaming regulatory filings and risk assessments in connection with significant merger and acquisition transactions, and in connection with organic operational expansions, and have in-depth working knowledge of the betting and gaming regulatory regimes of over seventy countries around the world. Gibson Dunn lawyers also have advised betting and gaming clients on a range of compliance issues relating to betting and gaming operations, including issues arising under the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act and other anti-corruption laws, and under antitrust/competition, consumer protection, VAT and gaming tax, anti-money-laundering, and data privacy laws. The firm acts as special counsel to compliance committees, providing proactive advice and support. We have also represented betting and gaming clients in connection with governmental and regulatory inquiries, investigations, and litigation in multiple jurisdictions.

Casinos & Resorts
Gibson Dunn has represented investors, lenders and operators in acquiring, financing, selling, and developing some of the largest casinos, hotels and resort communities throughout the world, including the United States and Macau. Our litigation and labor attorneys have also represented numerous casino and resort clients in the sector in high-profile cases, including a significant success involving Indian casino gaming in New York.

Dispute Resolution
Gibson Dunn’s leading dispute resolution practice has represented clients in the betting and gaming sector on some of the most complex and industry-changing litigation and disputes in the sector, including representing industry bodies and associations in challenging regulation on constitutional and administrative grounds.