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Memery Crystal

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Praised for dispensing commercial advice with ‘a clear eye on practical realities’, Memery Crystal handles a broad range of matters, including casino acquisitions, the clearing of gambling products for the likes of ITV and Telegraph Media Group, lotteries, and gambling risk in a wide range of jurisdictions. Practice head Carl Rohsler is a contributing editor of the Gambling Law Review and frequently assists governments and regulators with efforts to regulate betting. Capital markets specialist Lesley Gregory contributes her corporate expertise, while Jonathan Riley is well placed to advise on IP matters and online gaming.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Advice is very commercial with a clear eye on practical realities.’

  • ‘Carl Rohsler is incredibly responsive and will turn urgent matters around to meet deadlines.’

  • ‘Excellent team with expert knowledge and experience of the gaming industry. Able to give professional legal advise for most situations with case examples. Very flexible with regards to calls and meetings.’

  • ‘Carl Rohsler has expert knowledge of the gaming industry and I would recommend him without question.’

  • ‘Leading industry expertise in lotteries and gaming.'

Key clients

  • ITV plc
  • Sorare SAS
  • Silver Point Capital
  • Leap Gaming
  • Jumbo Interactive
  • DFS Middle East LLC
  • Papaya Gaming
  • The Health Lottery
  • 888.com
  • STV Group plc
  • Telegraph Media Group
  • Gaming Realms
  • Fulham FC
  • Annexio
  • Union Jaxx
  • Avantage Entertainment
  • Buzz Bingo
  • Goldchip Gaming
  • Metric Gaming
  • Meridian Bet

Work highlights

  • Acting for Silver Point Capital in completing the reorganisation and change of control of Metropolitan Gaming Limited (formerly Caesars Entertainment UK).
  • Advising ITV plc on its games and competitions as part of ITV.com/win.
  • Advising Australian listed lottery provider Jumbo Interactive in relation to its acquisition of StarVale, a UK External Lottery Manager.

Lawyers

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Carl Rohsler

Carl Rohsler

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Carl Rohsler is a Partner and Head of the Commercial, IP and Technology (CIPT) team at Memery Crystal. Carl specialises in intellectual property (IP) work and is well-known for his expertise in the field of gambling law. Carl’s practice covers the full range of IP work, including patents, trade marks and designs, copyright and confidential information. Although working on both contentious and non-contentious matters, he is best known for his work as a litigator, having been involved in a number of leading IP cases in the last 25 years. He became a Solicitor Advocate (Civil) in 2001. Carl is also known as one of the UK’s leading experts on gambling law, having acted for many of the leading gambling operations in the UK and across the world. He has advised leading names such as 888.com, Caesars Interactive, Gala Coral, The Health Lottery Limited and Gaming Realms plc, as well as advising governments and regulators on gambling policy. He is the author / editor of several leading academic works in his field including: - The Statute Guide to the Gambling Act 2005 (Sweet & Maxwell 2005) - The Statute Guide to the National Lottery Act 2006 (Sweet & Maxwell 2006) - Licensing Law and Practice (Sweet & Maxwell 2008) - General editor of The Gambling Law Review 2015-2022 Carl also has considerable experience in advertising and marketing regulation, data protection, e-commerce and labelling and packaging law. He is an occasional visiting lecturer at the University of Bordeaux, France.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Carl Rohsler

Other key lawyers

Lesley Gregory, Jonathan Riley