WH Partners

Gaming & Gambling, Corporate, M&A, Financial Services

Partner

Olga Finkel is widely regarded as an expert in gambling and technology law. She founded WH Law in 2006 which has progressed to become WH Partners. Olga provides advice on strategic, commercial and regulatory matters to businesses in the Gaming, ICT, Financial Services and Real Estate industries. She is primarily involved in advising companies related to telecoms, software development, e-gaming, e-payments and e-money institutions, e-marketing, and e-auctions, among others. Her specialisation, backed by extensive experience, includes regulatory frameworks of telecoms, gambling, e-gambling, e-banking, e-signatures and e-commerce, technology transactions (procurement, outsourcing and transfer), software licensing, privacy and data security, cybercrime, intellectual property (including trademarks, copyright, databases, patents), contractual relationships in the technology field, consumer-facing matters, as well as issues arising out of cross-border nature of ICT-related businesses and transactions. Olga is also active in related areas of expertise, such as competition (antitrust) and corporate transactions (M&A). Olga is listed by Who’s Who Legal as a leading IT lawyer as well as a leading Sports & Entertainment lawyer globally. She is ranked by Chambers & Partners Global as a leading Gaming & Gambling lawyer. Olga is a lecturer in gaming law at the University of Malta.

English, Russian, Ukrainian, Maltese

Malta Chamber of Advocates Society for Computers and Law (UK) International Technology Law Association (based in the US) Law Council of Advisers of the Gerson Lehrman Group, International Masters of Gaming Law International Association of Gaming Attorneys International Masters of Gaming Law International Bar Association

Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Malta Master of Science degree in IT and Economics from the Academy of Economics, Kharkov, Ukraine . Olga is listed by Who’s Who Legal as a leading IT lawyer as well as a leading Sports & Entertainment lawyer globally. She is ranked by Chambers & Partners Global as a Band 1 Gaming & Gambling lawyer. She is also listed as a Malta Corporate/Commercial Foreign Expert for Ukraine; and Ukraine Corporate/M&A Foreign Expert Based in Malta by the same guide. Olga has also been listed as a recommended lawyer by the Legal 500 guide.