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Northridge Law LLP

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Northridge Law LLP provides ‘balanced and practically useful advice’ to gambling operators, games developers and innovative tech companies, with the team advising on a broad range of matters such as regulatory licensing, transactional work and gambling sponsorship arrangements. Practice chair Melanie Ellis is well versed in licensing, advertising and anti-money laundering procedures, while Tom Edmonds has significant experience of advising sports and betting companies on commercial agreements that straddle the two sectors.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Very responsive and excellent understanding of commercial and product aspects in addition to legal knowledge.'

  • 'Expertise in UK gambling compliance, the legal process and interactions with regulators, always with one eye on the bigger picture.’
  • ‘Melanie Ellis demonstrates commercial pragmatism supported with a great deal of technical and operational knowledge & experience. ’

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Key clients

  • Evolution Gaming
  • Shareholders of InTouch Games
  • Run It Once
  • SportyStuff TV Limited
  • Betway
  • Who Knows Wins
  • BRS Golf
  • GridRival
  • Sporting Chance Prize Draw
  • Veriff OU
  • Transigo Ltd
  • Dazzletag Entertainment Ltd

Work highlights

  • Advising Evolution Gaming on gambling licensing and compliance matters.
  • Advised the shareholders of In Touch Games on the company’s acquisition by Skywind Holdings, including assisting with due diligence and regulatory aspects.
  • Advised Betway on a wide range of sponsorship deals, including high profile international football sponsorships and US-based franchises.

Lawyers

Rising stars

Tom Edmonds

Tom Edmonds

Northridge Law LLP

Tom advises clients in the sports and gambling sectors on commercial contracts and has expertise in advising on gambling regulatory matters. His recent highlights include advising Betway on a number of sponsorship matters and advising SportyStuff TV (the shareholders of which are the largest UK betting operators) on various commercial matters.  Tom has also spent time on secondment to LIV Golf where he supported the significant expansion of its commercial operations.

Next Generation Partners

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Melanie Ellis

Other key lawyers

Tom Edmonds